nhện

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (North Central Vietnam, obsolete in Northern Vietnam) dện (denasalization)
  • (Northern Vietnam, obsolete) rện (‹d-› vs. ‹r-› merger)
  • (North Central Vietnam) nhệnh, dệng

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *ɲeːɲʔ (“spider”). Compare Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects nhệnh.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier con) nhện • (蝒, 󰔓, 𦟶) (phonemic reduplicative nhền nhện)

  1. spider

Derived terms

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