nhện

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(Northern Vietnam) dện
(North Central Vietnam) nhệnh, dệng

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɲen˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɲen˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɲəːn˨˩˨]

Noun

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

a spider

Derived terms

Hình nhện (“Arachnida”)
mạng nhện (“spider web”)

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