nhậu

Etymology
From, from ; cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 ɲɯ́ʔ, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

It originally meant "to drink" and might accept, as direct object, any drinkable liquid; "nhậu" (' / to drink') and "nhậu nước" ('m / to drink water') were attested in Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum (1772; 1838).

Verb

 * 1)  to drink (alcohol); to have drinks and hors d'oeuvres