nuôi nấng

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (Northern Vietnam, obsolete) nuôi nứng

Etymology

The Northern form nuôi nứng attested in some older texts is likely obsolete, most probably due to the avoidance of the homophonous nứng (“horny, hard, aroused”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [nuəj˧˧ nəŋ˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [nuj˧˧ nəŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [nuj˧˧ nəŋ˦˥]

Verb

nuôi nấng

  1. to raise; to rear
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