nhặng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Possibly

    non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 蠅 (“fly”, SV: dăng). If true, then:

    • It is a doublet of Vietnamese lằng (“common green bottle fly”).
    • Its nặng-tone (instead of expected huyền) has resulted from either borrowing from a regional Chinese dialect (see tạnh), or indirect borrowing (see tiếng), or an irregular pre-Middle Chinese sound change (see vẹn and mựa).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɲaŋ˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ɲaŋ˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɲaŋ˨˩˨]

    Noun

    (classifier con) nhặng • (蠅, 𧔛)

    1. flies in the Calliphoridae family

    Verb

    nhặng • (󰃐, 𡃌)

    1. to make a fuss

    Derived terms

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