muồm muỗm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Reduplication of muỗm (“bush-cricket”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [muəm˨˩ muəm˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [muəm˦˩ muəm˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [muəm˨˩ muəm˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier con) muồm muỗm

bushcricket, katydid
Synonyms: muỗm, bọ muỗm, giọt sành, vạc sành
- Muồm muỗm bay cao;
  Cào cào bay thấp.
  Chúng em đuổi bắt
  Trên đồng cỏ xanh.
  High fly the bushcrickets;
  Low fly the grasshoppers.
  We chase and catch them
  On the green grass field.

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