nái

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nai"

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

nái (nai2, Zhuyin ㄋㄞˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 摨
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 熋
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胼
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 釢
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 能

Old Norse

Noun

nái

  1. accusative plural of nár

Tày

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰnaːjᴮ (“tired; bored”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ໜ່າຍ (nāi), Khün ᩉ᩠ᨶ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lü ᦐᦻᧈ (ṅaay¹), Bouyei naais, Zhuang naiq, Zuojiang Zhuang naiq, Thai หน่าย (nàai).

Pronunciation

Adjective

nái (疓)

  1. tired, fatigued
    kha nái ― tired legs
    󲁰疓昏𫤩夢
    Nất nái hon đâư mụng
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Verb

nái

  1. to demand, to solicit
  2. to dispirit, to dampen
    nái slim ― to be despondent

Derived terms

References

  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

Etymology

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 巴乃 (MC pae nojX) (modern SV: ba nãi).

Pronunciation

Verb

nái • (𥾋)

  1. (obsolete) to marry off
    • Copy from 18th century, Urtext probably from 12th or 15th century, Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經):
      或(Hoặc)來(lại)𪜀(là)昆(con)𡛔(gái)派(phải)巴乃(nái)朱(cho)哀(ai)
      If it is another daughter, whom could I marry her off to?

Adjective

nái • (𤜠, 𧈣, 𬤻)

  1. (of a livestock mammal, usually a pig) female and kept for breeding
    lợn/heo nái ― a sow kept for breeding
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