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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 an irregular sound change (see vẹn), or borrowing from a regional Chinese dialect (see tạnh), or indirect borrowing (see tiếng).
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier con) nhặng • (蠅, 𧔛)
- flies in the Calliphoridae family
Verb
nhặng • (, 𡃌)
- to make a fuss
Derived terms