nô tì

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 奴婢

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [no˧˧ ti˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [now˧˧ tɪj˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [now˧˧ tɪj˨˩]

Noun

(history) someone who was forced into servitude because of their own or their family's crime, or because they had been sold off by their poor parents

Pronoun

(archaic, humble) I/me, your maidservant
(archaic, humble) I/me, your imperial eunuch

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