nhá

See also: nha, nhả, nhã, and nhà

Portuguese

Etymology

Shortened form of sinhá, itself a shortened form of senhora.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɲa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɲa/

• Rhymes: -a

Noun

nhá f (plural nhás)

1. (obsolete) an affectionate term of address given by African nannies to young women

   Synonyms: iaiá, nhanhá

See also

• nhô

Further reading

• “nhá”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *s-ɲaːʔ (“to chew; to masticate”).

Verb

nhá • (呀, 蚜)

1. (especially of an old person) to chew (carefully, usually something hard to eat); to masticate
2. (telephony) to ring someone and then immediately hang up so that they'll call you back and get charged for you

   Synonym: nhá máy

Etymology 2

Particle

nhá

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of nhé

Anagrams

• ánh, Hán, hán