kâu
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kau"
Aiwoo
Etymology
From Proto-Reefs-Santa Cruz *kkau, from Proto-Oceanic *kakaʀu.
References
- Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021), “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.
Min Nan
Pronunciation
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kâu
- Tâi-lô: kâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: kaau
- IPA (Xiamen): /kau²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kau²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kau²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau²³/
- Rhymes: -au
Romanization
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 猴
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 緱／缑
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 侯 (colloquial)
Further reading
- “Query for kâu”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
- 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006) 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (in Hokkien and Mandarin Chinese), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, pages 282–283.
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