mênh mang

Vietnamese

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “variant of mênh mông? some nom texts use 茫 for "mang", which seems to match both phonetically and semantically.”

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [məjŋ̟˧˧ maːŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [men˧˧ maːŋ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [məːn˧˧ maːŋ˧˧]

Adjective

mênh mang

vast and obscure; immense; infinite; endless