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Alternative scripts

 * (nko)

Noun

 * 1) today, this day, nowadays, at present

Numeral

 * 1) four.
 * 2) fourth.

Etymology
Possibly from.

Verb

 * 1) to enviously try to keep up

Etymology 1
.

For a parallel where a Sino-Vietnamese item acquires cookery denotation, see (vs. native ). For a reverse case, compare Sino-Vietnamese vs. native.

Noun

 * 1)  skin (as food)
 * 2) rind (of fruit, plant)
 * 3) packing; bag; envelope
 * 4) tare
 * 1) tare

Adjective

 * 1)  puffy

Etymology 2
. Also compare.

Verb

 * 1)  to be matchable; to be comparable