ngủ

See also: ngu, ngú, ngù, ngũ, ngū, ngữ, ngư, and ngự

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from Kra-Dai, compare Baha ŋu¹¹ (to sleep) and Proto-Hlai *hŋuːɦ (to sleep, to lie down) (whence ŋow²~kaw²~kʰoː²~kɔː² across modern lects and Jiamao ŋɔ⁴).

Some of the conservative Vietic languages (namely, Thavung) use the cognates of the Vietnamese word nằm (to lie) with semantic extension to "to sleep", along with "to lie".

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋu˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˧˨]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˨˩˦]
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Verb

ngủ (, 𥄭, 𥄬, 𪿀)

  1. (intransitive) to sleep
    đi ngủto go to bed/sleep
    ngủ gật/gụcto doze
    ngủ trưato nap at noon
    ngủ nướngto sleep in

Derived terms

Derived terms
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