neru

a word from vocabulary Japanese by Christopher K. Schmidt  
Word form neru
Original script 寝る
LWT meaning(s)
Word meaning “sleep”, “lie down”, „to have sex“
Analyzability unanalyzable
Age Old Japanese [21] (710–794)
Lexical stratum wago
Year 古事記 (712)
Comparison with Korean Class 2: (the vowel is problematic, but Martin notes that in Ryukyuan it is n(u)-): K nupw- < MK nupw-, < *nup-. (124, cf. nemuru, nemui)
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