to love (romantically or otherwise – same tone as in English) · to make love
çekim: geçmiş älskade · ortaç älskad · ulaç älskande
köken: From Old Swedish ælska, from Old Norse ælska (Compare Old West Norse elska). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (“to care for, cultivate, cherish”).
to be in love · to make love (to engage in sexual intercourse)
köken: Inherited from Malay bercinta, from Classical Malay bercinta. Equivalent to ber- + cinta. The sense “to make love” is perhaps a semantic loan from English make love.
Vietnamcaái ân, ăn nằm với ai, làm tình, ôm ấp hôn hít ai, tán tỉnh ai, tỏ tình với ai /ʔaːj˧˦ ʔən˧˧/
alternative form of ประเพณี (bprà-pee-nii) · sex; sexual intercourse; sexual activity.
köken: From Sanskrit प्रवेणी (praveṇī, “braid of hair worn by widows or by wives in the absence of their husbands”); probably via Old Khmer °praveṇī, pravaiṇi, pravaini (“tradition, custom; succession, lineage”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ប្រវេណី (prɑveenii), Lao ປະເວນີ (pa wē nī). Compare Pali paveṇi, from which Thai ปเวณี is derived. Doublet of ประเพณี (bprà-pee-nii).