nhau

== Vietnamese == === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɲaw˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [ɲaw˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɲa(ː)w˧˧] === 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) each other, mutually, reciprocally, one another Synonym: chắc yêu nhau ― to love each other cùng nhau ― with each other; together together ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Vietic *ʄaw (“placenta”). ==== Alternative forms ==== rau ==== Noun ==== nhau • (𦣗, 膮, 澆) placenta, afterbirth ===== Derived terms ===== == Welsh == === Alternative forms === glanhau (standard) llnau (North Wales, colloquial) cnau, clau (South Wales, colloquial) === Etymology === Clipping of glanhau. === Verb === nhau (first-person singular present nheuaf, not mutable) (North Wales, colloquial) to clean