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nǔ

Meanings

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nǔ
  1. 1.to exert
  2. 2.to strive

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to exert; to strive; to make an effort
  2. 2.to bulge; to pout
  3. 3.to injure oneself through overexertion
  4. 4.to push something out of the body by contracting abdominal muscles and increasing abdominal pressure

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *naːʔ): semantic 力 (“strength”) + phonetic 奴 (OC *naː) – exert one’s strength. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nwar; cognate with Mizo nawr (“push, thrust, urge, compel, attack”) < nɔɔr & Mizo nawrh (“to sulk, to be displeased, disgruntled, offended”) < nuar ~ nɔrʔ ~ nɔrh, & Khami *nuar "get angry" (Schuessler, 2007).

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Components

努奴力

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Derived terms

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