bom ba càng

Vietnamese

Etymology

From bom (“bomb”) +‎ ba (“three”) +‎ càng (“pincer; shaft”), literally “tri-pincer bomb”. This weapon was famously employed by the Vietminh against French expeditionary forces during the Battle of Hanoi (1946).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔm˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˧ kaːŋ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔm˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˧ kaːŋ˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔm˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˧ kaːŋ˨˩]

Noun

bom ba càng

lunge mine