nuôi nấng

Vietnamese edit

Alternative forms edit

(Northern Vietnam, obsolete) nuôi nứng

Etymology edit

The Northern form nuôi nứng attested in some older texts is likely obsolete, most probably due to the avoidance of the homophonous nứng (“horny, hard, aroused”).

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nuəj˧˧ nəŋ˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [nuj˧˧ nəŋ˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [nuj˧˧ nəŋ˦˥]

Verb edit

nuôi nấng

to raise; to rear