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bọ ngựa

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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bọ (bug) +‎ ngựa (horse).

Compounds for "mantis" that contain "horse" seem to be rather common all over Asia. Compare the synonym ngựa trời (literally sky/heavenly horse), Khmer កណ្ដូបសេះ (kɑndoup seh, literally horse grasshopper), Chinese 天馬 / 天马 (tiānmǎ, literally sky/heavenly horse), Taiwanese Hakka 草馬仔 / 草马仔 (literally grass horse), Zhuang daekmax (literally horse grasshopper), Awaji Japanese ホトケウマ (hotokeuma, literally the dead's horse), Turkmen hudaýaty (literally God's horse), Crimean Tatar şeytan atı (literally Satan's/devil's horse).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier con) bọ ngựa

  1. mantis
    Synonym: ngựa trời