muỗi

See also: muoi, muôi, muối, mười, muội, and mươi

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *mɔːs (“mosquito; fly”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *muujs ~ *muə(j)s (“mosquito; gnat”); cognate with Khmer មូស (muuh) and Bahnar moih. Compare also Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects mọi.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [muəj˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [muj˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [muj˨˩˦]
Homophone: mủi, mũi

Noun

(classifier con) muỗi (𧋟)

mosquito

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