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-<WL>奶 [nǎi] breasts; milk; (牛奶) cow’s milk; (喂奶) breast-feed
+<WL>奶 [nǎi] milk, 牛奶 cow's milk, 奶汁 breast milk; 奶房 breast; 奶头 nipple; 喂奶 breast-feed@@; (HDZ:) 乳汁; 乳房 (奶头); 象乳头的东西 (芋奶/艿, 奶嘴); 喂奶; (奶名, 奶牙)
-From 女 (nǚ) ‘woman’ and 乃 nǎi phonetic.
+The character 奶 nǎi ‘milk’ combines 女 (nǚ) ‘woman’, and 乃(􀴫𠄎) nǎi (phonosemantic); formerly also wr. 㚷/𣍨/嬭/㜷.
-奶 is not included in early dictionaries, but may be related to 乳.
+	Compare: 孕(􂥐) yùn ‘conceive/pregnant’.
-Non-standard variants include: 𣍨, 嬭, 㜷.
+	Compare: 㚷/嬭 nǎi ‘mother’ ← MC /neʔ/; 乳(􂂒) rǔ ‘(of humans/birds) bear/nurture offspring; nipple; milk; suckle’ ← MC /ȵjuoʔ/ (SBGY).
+	Note: 芋奶/艿 yùnǎi ‘taro/yam, sweet potato’.
+	HDC: 嬭嬭=奶奶=妳妳 : nǎinai : 母亲; 祖母; (尊称) 祖母辈的妇女; (尊称) 对已婚妇女的尊称; 为婢仆对女主人的称谓; 对女子的昵称, 姐姐; 乳房
 #rK.AD648 D.2.1024.6 M.4613 B.021.0.01 E.1
 #c女乃
 #y naaih/
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