# 虼蚻
## Chinese
### Etymology

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Prefix *k- + 蚻 (Sagart, 1999); where is 蚻 from? Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *[k]ti[ ]p / *[k]tiəp / *[k]t[ə]p / *ktup / *kciip?; Proto-Tai *sa:pD”

### Pronunciation

* Eastern Min (BUC): gâ-săk / gáh-săk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gorh$^7$ suah$^7$ / guoh$^7$ suah$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ka-choa̍h / kǎ-choa̍h / ka-chōa / kǎ-chǒa
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ga$^1$ zuah$^8$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ga$^1$ zua$^6$
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gâ-săk / gáh-săk
*** Sinological IPA : /ka²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(s-)}$laʔ⁵/, /kaʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ $^{(s-)}$laʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gorh$^7$ suah$^7$ [Phonetic: gorh$^6$ suah$^7$]
*** Sinological IPA : /kɒʔ⁴⁻¹ ɬuaʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: guoh$^7$ suah$^7$ [Phonetic: guoh$^6$ suah$^7$]
*** Sinological IPA : /kuoʔ²⁴⁻² ɬuaʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tong'an, Yongchun, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Hsinchu, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-choa̍h
*** Tâi-lô: ka-tsua̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kazoah
*** IPA (Singapore): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡suaʔ⁴³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung, Taipei, Tainan): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡suaʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Yongchun): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡suaʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Yilan): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡suaʔ⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡suaʔ¹²¹/
*** IPA (Lukang): /ka³³ t͡suaʔ³⁵/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡suaʔ⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Tong'an): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡suaʔ⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǎ-choa̍h
*** Tâi-lô: kǎ-tsua̍h
*** IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /ka³³⁻²² t͡suaʔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ka²² t͡suaʔ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Sanxia, Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-chōa
*** Tâi-lô: ka-tsuā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kazoa
** (Hokkien: Longyan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǎ-chǒa
*** Tâi-lô: kǎ-tsuǎ
*** IPA (Longyan): /ka⁵³⁻¹¹ t͡sua⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ga$^1$ zuah$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ka tsua̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /ka³³⁻²³ t͡suaʔ⁴/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: ga$^1$ zua$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /ka³⁵⁻³³ t͡sua³³/

### Noun

虼蚻
* (Coastal Min) cockroach

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蜚蠊, 䗅蜋, 香娘子 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蟑螂, 蜚蠊 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 蜚蠊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老蟑兒, 油炸豆兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蟑螂, 小強 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 老蟑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 蟑螂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 蟑螂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 蟑螂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蟑螂, 老蟑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 老蟑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 蟑螂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蟑螂 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蟑螂 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 蟑火螂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蟑螂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 蟑螂 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 蟑螂 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 蟑螂 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蟑螂, 油蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 偷油婆, 蟑螂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 偷油婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 灶馬子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 偷油婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 偷油婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 偷油婆, 臊甲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 騷夾 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kokang | 灶麻雞 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 蟑螂 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蟑木蟲子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 蟑木蟲兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 曱甴, 小強 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Yangon (Taishan) | 曱甴 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 曱甴 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 煠撥子, 赤膊子 |
| Gan | Pengze | 鍋灶髦 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 蚻 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 油賊婆 |
| Gan | Guixi | 煠撥子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 蜞蚻 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 蜞蚻 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 蜞蚻 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Changting | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 虼蚻 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蜞蚻, 蜞蚻仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蜞蚻 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 黃蚻 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 蜞蚻 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 蜞蚻 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 蜞蚻 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 油蟲 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 蟑油蟲 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 油蟲 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蟑螂 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 蟑螂 |
| Jin | Linhe | 蟑螂 |
| Jin | Jining | 蟑老財 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 蟑螂 |
| Jin | Baotou | 蟑老財 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 蟑螂 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 蟑螂 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Lanxi | 蟑毛蟲 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蚻 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 蚻 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 蚻 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 蚻 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 蚻 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 蚻 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 蚻 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 蚻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 虼蚻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 蚻母 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 虼蚻 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 虼蚻 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 蚻母 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 蚻 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 蚻母 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 蚻 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 蚻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 蚻, 虼蚻 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 灶蚻 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 虼蚻仔 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 油蚻 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 虼蚻 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 虼蚻 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 虼蚻, 灶雞 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 虼蚻 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 虼蚻 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 虼蚻 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 虼蚻 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 虼蚻 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 蚻 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 蚻 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 蚻 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 虼蚻 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 臊甲 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 油蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蟑螂, 小強 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 灶雞, 蟑螂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 蟑螂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 灶鴨 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蟑螂 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 蟑螂 |
| Wu | Danyang | 蟑螂 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蟑螂 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蟑螂 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 膠蚻 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 偷油婆 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 偷油婆 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 油鹽蟲 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 油炸婆 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 臊甲子 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 油蟲, 偷油婆, 騷家婆 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 枯蚻 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 枯蚻 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 枯蚻 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 枯蚻 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 枯蚻 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) | 枯蚻 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 枯蚻 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 曱甴 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 客子婆 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 瞎擦 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 臊雞婆 |

#### Derived terms

* 水虼蚻
* 海虼蚻
* 虼蚻婆

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: kecoak, kacoa
* → Kapampangan: kasua
* → Thai: กะจั๊ว (gà-júua) (via Teochew)

### References

* “Entry #5489”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “虼𧑎”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 228.