châu chấu

See also: Chau Chau

Vietnamese

Etymology

Reduplicated from earlier *chấu, from Proto-Vietic *coːʔ; cognates including Chứt [cucùː⁴], Thổ [cow¹ cow³], Hoà Bình Muong [coː¹ coː³], Sơn La Muong [kɔːn¹ coː³], Thanh Hoá Muong [coː¹ coː³], Muong Bi chồ chồ [coː³ coː³]

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəw˧˧ t͡ɕəw˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəw˧˧ t͡ɕəw˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cəw˧˧ cəw˦˥]

Noun

(classifier con) châu chấu • (蛛 + 䖡/蛀/蛁/𧋀/𧍌/𧎝)

1. a grasshopper (an insect of the order Orthoptera)

See also

• cào cào