nĩa

See also: nia, NIA, nía, niā, nią, -nia, and ni'a

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *tʃ-rn-ɛh, the *-rn- (instrumental derivative) infixed form of Proto-Vietic *tʃɛh, whence Modern Vietnamese xỉa (“to pick; to jab”). Also related to Vietnamese chĩa (“pitchfork”) and to Chinese 杈 (MC tsrheaH).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [niə˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [niə˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [niə˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier cái) nĩa

1. fork

See also

• dĩa
• xiên