MTL words with double reverse mapping
Some MTL words can be converted to more than one valid POJ word. This happens because of loss of tone information when MTL syllables are put together to form a word (tone sandhi). In general, the word is two syllables, where the first syllable's citation tone is either tone 1 (high) or tone 5 (curving-up). After conversion to MTL, they become homonyms (same spelling, same pronunciation).
36 MTL words with this property were found in the Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan (TSS), affecting 75 rows:
- cionglaai
- hibang
- honghoad
- honghoan
- honghoea
- hongseg
- hongtiin
- iusexng
- khoanhan
- kikhar
- kim'ar
- ko'ar
- niuar
- penghøo
- phangzuie
- pvoachiaf
- pvoaoe
- senghau
- sengtiorng
- sinkii
- siongbu
- siongkaf
- siongseg
- siongsex
- siuzuie
- sutiern
- tai'ar
- tauar
- teng'ar
- tengsuun
- thekøf
- tongsii
- vear
- zaizeeng
- zenggi
- zoancid
Extended list
96 MTL words with this property were found in the Maryknoll Taiwanese-English Dictionary. The following list of 125 MTL includes data from both dictionaries:
- chiauzheg
- cidsi'ar
- ciongkwn
- cionglaai
- eng'iorng
- hear
- hibang
- hisit
- hito
- hoansym
- hoesym
- honghea
- hongho
- honghoad
- honghoan
- honghoea
- honghofng
- hongseg
- hongtiin
- hun'iuu
- hunhuy
- hunsiaw
- hunsyn
- hunzaan
- ientok
- imzuie
- isit
- iu'i
- iubiin
- iuhoe
- iusexng
- iuthaau
- kauchiuo
- kauthaau
- khinkhoaix
- khoanhan
- kijiok
- kikøf
- kikhar
- kileeng
- kim'ar
- kiongsuu
- kisox
- kisu
- kitiofng
- ko'ar
- kuar
- kui'ar
- kunhoad
- kvetiøh
- kviakii
- løsøf
- lenghor
- li'ar
- luar
- mohuy
- nithaau
- niuar
- oankongmngg
- penggoaan
- penghøo
- pengkag
- phangzuie
- pvoachiaf
- pvoaoe
- sengbeeng
- senghau
- sengsit
- sengsu
- sengtiorng
- sengzø
- sengzaai
- sinkii
- sinky
- sinlek
- sinpefng
- sinsii
- siongbu
- siongkaf
- siongseg
- siongsex
- siongzeeng
- siuzuie
- suleng
- sutiern
- tai'ar
- tangmngg
- tauar
- teng'ar
- tengsuun
- thaikhix
- thailaai
- thekøf
- tiauzaf
- tiongzefng
- tithaau
- tiuar
- tngthaau
- tonghoong
- tongliuu
- tongsii
- tuar
- uikhix
- uilek
- vear
- zaizeeng
- zaizexng
- zeng'iuu
- zengcied
- zenggi
- zenghu
- zengli
- zenglie
- zengloong
- zengsex
- zoanbuun
- zoancid
- zoanho
- zoankaf
- zoankoaan
- zoansym
- zoanzaai
- zongkexng
- zunciaux
- zunhieen