nợ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "no"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *b-rn-əːʔ, the -(r)n-infixed form of *bəːʔ (whence bợ (to borrow money, to pawn)). Cognate with Chut [Mày] panɯ⁴ (Babaev & Samarina, 2018).

Compare Khmer បំណុល (bɑmnol, debt), which has an unrelated root but with similar meaning infixed with the same cognate infix.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [nəː˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [nəː˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [nəː˨˩˨]

Noun

nợ • (, 𡢻, 𦬑, 𧴱)

  1. debt

Verb

nợ • (, 𡢻, 𦬑, 𧴱)

  1. to owe

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Tai Dam: ꪹꪙꪷ꫁