mãng xà
Vietnamese
Etymology
Perhaps non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 猛蛇 (“fierce snake”, SV: mãnh xà).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maːŋ˦ˀ˥ saː˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [maːŋ˧˨ saː˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [maːŋ˨˩˦ saː˨˩]
Noun
(classifier con) mãng xà
- some kind of giant, monstrous, wicked snake or serpent, perhaps resembling a python (hence the alternative name trăn tinh (literally “monstrous python”)), in Vietnamese folklore