càn mạ

Tày

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “horse's rod?”)

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [kaːn˧˨ maː˧˨ʔ]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [gʱaːn˩ maː˩˧]

Noun

(classifier tua) càn mạ

1. mantis

   Synonyms: mèng mạ, hảm khoan

References

• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[1] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient