ngủ

See also: ngu, ngú, ngù, ngũ, ngū, ngữ, ngư, and ngự

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from Kra-Dai, compare Proto-Kra *ŋuᴮ (whence Baha ŋu¹¹ (“to sleep”)) and Proto-Hlai *hŋuːɦ (“to sleep, to lie down”) (whence ŋow²~kaw²~kʰoː²~kɔː² across modern lects).

The more conservative Vietic languages use the cognates of the Vietnamese word nằm (“to lie”) with semantic extension to "to sleep", along with "to lie".

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋu˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋʊw˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ŋʊw˨˩˦]

Verb

ngủ • (㬳, 𥄭, 𥄬, 𪿀)

1. (intransitive) to sleep

   đi ngủ ― to go to bed/sleep

   ngủ gật/gục ― to doze

   ngủ trưa ― to nap at noon

   ngủ nướng ― to sleep in

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ăn ngủ
• buồn ngủ
• ngủ gục
• ngủ ngáy
• ngủ nghê
• ngủ nướng
• phòng ngủ
• túi ngủ