ngủ

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Kra-Dai, compare Baha ŋu¹¹ (to sleep) and Proto-Hlai *hŋuːɦ (to sleep, to lie down) (whence ŋow²~kaw²~kʰoː²~kɔː² across modern lects and Jiamao ŋɔ⁴).

Some of the conservative Vietic languages (namely, Thavung) use the cognates of the Vietnamese word nằm (to lie) with semantic extension to "to sleep", along with "to lie".

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ngủ (, 𥄭, 𥄬, 𪿀)

  1. (intransitive) to sleep
    đi ngủto go to bed/sleep
    ngủ gật/gụcto doze
    ngủ trưato nap at noon
    ngủ nướngto sleep in
    ngủ vớito sleep with

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