nanh

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Linngithigh

Etymology 1

Pronoun

nanh

  1. (personal) accusative of tru; you, thee (direct object)

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Etymology 2

Pronoun

nanh

  1. (personal) accusative of nan; us (but not you) (direct object)

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Particularly: “This word probably originated as an infixed derivate of a verb, cf. Khmu Cuang geɲ ("to stab with tusk").”

From Proto-Vietic *k-nɛːŋ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *gnaiŋ ~ *gniəŋ. Cognate with Muong nenh, Tho nɛːŋ¹ ("tooth"), Pacoh kineng (tooth), Khmer ស្នែង (snaeng), Bahnar sơnĕnh, hơnĕnh (tooth).

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cái) nanh (, , 𫜧, 󱲅, 𤘓, 𪺖)

  1. an eyetooth; fang; (upper) canine tooth
  2. (figurative) a milk tooth (first tooth of a baby)
  3. (anatomy) a tusk
  4. (figurative) a sprout (stem emerging from a seed)

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