khuya

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Quechua

Noun

khuya

  1. love, impassioned love
  2. amulet, magic stone

Declension

See also

Vietnamese

Etymology

An Chi (2020) posits this is a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (SV: khuy).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

khuya (𢇡, 𣅘, 𣅙, 𣌉, 𩆾)

  1. (of night or nightly activities) late
    đêm khuyalate night

Adverb

khuya

  1. late at night
    thức khuyato stay up late

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ An Chi (2020) “Lắt léo chữ nghĩa: Chữ khoắt và hai chữ khuy [Ambiguity in Words and Meanings: Khoắt and Khuy]”, in Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese)