nhớ

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).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɲəː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɲəː˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɲəː˦˥]

nhớ • (汝, 女, 𢖵, 可汝, 𢘾)

1. to remember

   Nhớ về nhà sớm nha.

   Y'all come back now, ya hear?

   (literally, “Remember to come home early, okay?”)

2. to miss (feel the absence of someone or something)

   nỗi nhớ ― feeling of longing

   nhớ thương ― to miss dearly; great longing/missing

• thuộc (“to memorize”)

• hớn