nhớ

See also: nho, nhô, nhỏ, nhổ, nhơ, and nhọ

Vietnamese

From Proto-Vietic *k-ɲǝːʔ. Cognate with Muong nhở, Arem ɲʌːˀ and Chut [Rục] kəɲəː³.

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 可汝 (MC khaX nyoX) (modern SV: khả nhữ).

nhớ • (汝, 女, 𢖵, 可汝, 𢘾)

to remember
Nhớ về nhà sớm nha.
Y'all come back now, ya hear?
(literally, “Remember to come home early, okay?”)
to miss (feel the absence of someone or something)
nỗi nhớ ― feeling of longing

nhớ thương ― to miss dearly; great longing/missing