nện

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *(l)nlinʔ, an augmented form of *linʔ (“to trample”); cognate with Mon လိုန် (lɜ̀n, “to tread”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nen˧ˀ˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [nen˨ˀ˨ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [nəːn˨˩˨]

Verb

nện (搌, 攮, 𪤍, 󰉈, 𢬧, 𢵫)

to ram down (soil, etc.); to trample
(colloquial) to beat; to strike; to hit

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