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Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *-laŋ (“bluebottle fly”), from Old Chinese 蠅 (OC *m-rəŋ, “housefly”) (B-S) (SV: dăng). Cognate with Chut məlaŋ¹.
This is an example of a Sinitic loanword borrowed at the stage when the shift *m-r- > *m-l- already happened. Compare lẽ (“reason”) < Middle Vietnamese mlẽ, from Chinese 理 (lǐ) (phonetic 里 (OC *m(ə).rəʔ)).
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier con) lằng • (䗀)
- common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata)
- Synonyms: nhặng, ruồi lằng