nải

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Vietic *c-naːs < *c-rn-aːs (an infixed form of *caːs (to comb), whence chải).

For the semantic relationship, compare Khmer សិត (sət, to comb) and ស្និត (snət, classifier for hands of bananas).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nải (, , )

  1. (of bananas) a hand