bọ ngựa

Vietnamese

Etymology

bọ (“bug”) +‎ ngựa (“horse”).

Compounds for "mantis" that contain "horse" seem to be rather common. 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”), French cheval du diable (literally “devil's horse”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓɔ˧˨ʔ ŋɨə˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɔ˨˩ʔ ŋɨə˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓɔ˨˩˨ ŋɨə˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier con) bọ ngựa

  1. mantis
    Synonym: ngựa trời
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