nải
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nai"
Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Vietic *c-naːs < *c-rn-aːs (an infixed form of *caːs (“to comb”), whence chải).
For the semantic relationship, compare Khmer សិត (sət, “to comb”) and ស្និត (snət, “classifier for hands of bananas”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [naːj˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [naːj˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [naːj˨˩˦]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)