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== Middle Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === nác === Etymology === From Proto-Vietic *ɗaːk (“water”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗaak (“water”). === Noun === nước water country ==== Descendants ==== Vietnamese: nước === References === Alexandre de Rhodes (1651), “nước”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide == Vietnamese == === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [nɨək̚˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [nɨək̚˦˧˥] (Saigon) IPA(key): [nɨək̚˦˥] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Vietic *ɗaːk (“water”), from Proto-Austroasiatic *ɗaːkʔ (“water”). Cognates with Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects nác, Muong đác, Nguôn đác, Khmer ទឹក (tik), Bahnar đak, Eastern Mnong dak, Central Nicobarese râk/dâk, Santali ᱫᱟᱜ (dak’), Sanskrit दक (daka). The sense of "country" is attested already in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經), where the term was spelled as 渃. Attested as nước in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651). ==== Alternative forms ==== (North Central Vietnam) nác (no diphthongization) ==== Noun ==== nước • (渃) water liquid; fluid nước cam ― orange juice nước chanh ― lime juice nước dừa ― coconut water nước mắt ― tear nước mũi ― mucus nước đái ― piss nước tiểu ― urine nước xô-đa ― soda water the liquid part of a broth Synonyms: nước dùng, nước lèo ===== Derived terms ===== ===== See also ===== (broth): cái === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== (classifier cái) nước • (渃, 𫭔) short for đất nước (“country; polity”) nước Mỹ ― the United States ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === Possible doublet of bước (“to step”). ==== Noun ==== (classifier cái) nước • (著) (chiefly in board games) move, step nước cờ khôn ngoan ― a brilliant move (in chess) ===== Derived terms =====