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Modern (Beijing) reading: nài
Preclassic Old Chinese: nǝ̄s
Classic Old Chinese: nǝ̄h
Western Han Chinese: nǝ̄h
Eastern Han Chinese: nǝ̄h
Early Postclassic Chinese: nǝ̄̀
Middle Postclassic Chinese: nǝ̄̀
Late Postclassic Chinese: nǝ̄̀j
Middle Chinese: nʌ̀j
English meaning : patient, to endure [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: переносить, терпеть, сносить; превозмочь; терпеливый; сдержанный; [néng] древн. вм.
Comments: For *n cf. Xiamen, Fuzhou nai6, Chaozhou nai4. Sometimes also used instead of 能 *nǝ̄ 'to be able' (q.v.).
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 126
Four-angle index: 3143
Vietnamese reading: nại
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nǝ̄
Meaning: ill, sick
Chinese: (?) 耐 *nǝ̄s endure, be patient.
Tibetan: na be ill, sick, nad disease.
Burmese: na be ill, LB *na.
Kachin: ǝna2 illness, mǝna2 be mad, insane, crazy.
Lushai: (nat) sickness, illness; be sick.
Lepcha: njó to be sore, to be stiff (as body), to ache (from labour)
Kiranti: *ńò
Comments: PG *nà ill, hurt; Rawang ǝna; Kanauri na be hurt. Sh. 38; Ben. 31; Mat. 169; Luce 3.
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *ńò(-t, -s)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: ache
Tulung: nö- hurt (itr.), nör (AS) illness
Kaling: ŋennä (ŋej) hurt, ache, ŋehpä sick,ill
Limbu: nāmā (nāsā) feel tired
Dumi: ŋjetnɨ
Kulung: ŋaima
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Entry: na:maʔ, -na:s-/-na:-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: be exhausted
Comments: na:saN I'm exhausted.
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Dumi dictionary :

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Entry: Nyetnɨ
Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology
Grammar: vi-3 Nyi:ts/Nyi:s-Nyet
Meaning: 1) hurt, ache; fester (of a wound); 2) be ailing, be in poor health.
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Entry: Naima
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vi-4 [1: Nat- 2: Nai- 3: Nan-]
Meaning: become tired
Nepali: thāknu.
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Number: 831
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 蟹開一去代泥
ZIHUI: 5082 1062
Beijing: nai 3
Jinan: nɛ 3
Xi'an: nɛ 3
Taiyuan: nai 3
Hankou: nai 3
Chengdu: nai 3
Yangzhou: nɛ 3
Suzhou: ne_ 32
Wenzhou: ne_ 32
Changsha: nai 31 (lit.); nai 32
Shuangfeng: na 31
Nanchang: lai 32
Meixian: nai 3
Guangzhou: nɔi 32
Xiamen: naĩ 32
Chaozhou: nai 22
Fuzhou: nai 32
Shanghai: ne_ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: nai 3
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