nhá
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Vietic *s-ɲaːʔ (“to chew; to masticate”).
Verb edit
- (especially of an old person) to chew (carefully, usually something hard to eat); to masticate
- (telephony) to ring someone and then immediately hang up so that they'll call you back and get charged for you
- Synonym: nhá máy
Etymology 2 edit
Particle edit
nhá
- (colloquial) Alternative form of nhé