nhau

See also: nháu and nhàu

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 𬼀, the simplified form of 饒 (MC nyew) (modern SV: nhiêu). Attested as nhau, dau (“each other”), in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Possibly arose from etymology 2 and replaced chắc as the reciprocal marker in the non-North Central dialects, firmly established already in the Northern Old Vietnamese of Phật thuyết.

Adverb

nhau • (饒, 僥, 𠑬, 𬼀)

  1. each other, mutually, reciprocally, one another
    Synonym: chắc
    yêu nhau ― to love each other
    cùng nhau ― with each other; together
  2. together

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *ʄaw (“placenta”).

Alternative forms

Noun

nhau • (𦣗, 膮, 澆)

  1. placenta, afterbirth
Derived terms
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