nô tì
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 奴婢
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [no˧˧ ti˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [now˧˧ tɪj˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [now˧˧ tɪj˨˩]
Noun
nô tì
- (historical) someone who was forced into servitude because of their own or their family's crime, or because they had been sold off by their poor parents
Pronoun
nô tì
- (archaic, humble) I/me, your maidservant
- (archaic, humble) I/me, your imperial eunuch