nhá

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. to ring someone and then immediately hang up so that they'll call you back and get charged for you

Etymology 2

Particle

nhá

1. (colloquial) Eye dialect spelling of nhé.