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Mandarin
Romanization
nái (nai2, Zhuyin ㄋㄞˊ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 摨
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 熋
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胼
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 釢
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 能
Old Norse
Noun
nái
- 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)
- 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
- to demand, to solicit
- 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)
- (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):或來𪜀昆𡛔派巴乃朱哀- If it is another daughter, whom could I marry her off to?
Adjective
nái • (𤜠, 𧈣, 𬤻)
- (of a livestock mammal, usually a pig) female and kept for breeding
- lợn/heo nái ― a sow kept for breeding