nhặng

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Possibly non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (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

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Noun

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(classifier con) nhặng (, 𧔛)

  1. flies in the Calliphoridae family

Verb

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nhặng (󰃐, 𡃌)

  1. to make a fuss

Derived terms

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