Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never invented1n.
insectlexitron
2n.
bug; beetle; mothlexitron
3n.
arachnidwiktionary
4n.
generic term for insect-like organisms(in-compounds)wiktionary
5n.
generic term for aquatic invertebrates(in-compounds)wiktionary
In the readings
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There are things Isaan people love to eat, like frogs, paddy frogs, and insects from the fields.
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Built from
From Proto-Southwestern Tai *mlɛːŋᴬ (“insect”) which /-l-/ is dropped, from Proto-Tai *m.leːŋᴬ (“insect”), which is either from Middle Chinese 螟蛉 (MC meng leng, “caterpillar”) or native Tai borrowed into Chinese. Doublet of แมลง (má-lɛɛng). Cognate with Lao ແມງ (mǣng), Tai Dam ꪵꪣꪉ, Tai Nüa ᥛᥦᥒᥰ (mäeng), Zhuang nengz.