Words from Minyue: Difference between revisions

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Words from Minyue (see Hokkien#Words_from_Minyue)

Some commonly used words, shared by all Min languages, came from the ancient Minyue (Ban'oat). They include the following examples, compared to the Fuzhou dialect, a Min Dong language:

Word	MTL	Foochow Romanized	Meaning
骹 / 跤	khaf ([kʰa˥])	kă ([kʰa˥])	foot and leg
囝	kviar ([kiã˥˩])	giāng [kiaŋ˧]	son, child, whelp, a small amount
睏^†	khuxn [kʰun˨˩]	káung [kʰɑuŋ˧]	to sleep
骿^†	phviaf [pʰiã˥]	piăng [pʰiaŋ˥]	back, dorsum
厝	zhux [tsʰu˨˩]	chuó, chió [tsʰuɔ˥˧]	home, house
刣^†	thaai [tʰai˨˦]	tài [tʰai˥˧]	to kill, to slaughter

¹ laang is now typically represented by 人 (literary reading jiin 🔊).

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 !Meaning
 |-
-| [[wikt:骹|骹]]
+| {{wt|骹}} / {{wt|跤}}
 | [[khaf]] ([kʰa˥])
 | kă ([kʰa˥])
 | foot and leg
 |-
-| [[wikt:囝|囝]]
+| {{wt|囝}}
 | [[kviar]] ([kiã˥˩])
 | giāng [kiaŋ˧]
 | son, child, whelp, a small amount
 |-
-| [[wikt:睏|睏]]
+| {{tj|睏}}
 | [[khurnbiin|khuxn]] [kʰun˨˩]
 | káung [kʰɑuŋ˧]
 | to sleep
 |-
-| [[wikt:骿|骿]]
+| {{tj|骿}}
 | [[Khaciahphviaf|phviaf]] [pʰiã˥]
 | piăng [pʰiaŋ˥]
 | back, dorsum
 |-
-| [[wikt:厝|厝]]
+| {{wt|厝}}
 | [[zhux]] [tsʰu˨˩]
 | chuó, chió [tsʰuɔ˥˧]
 | home, house
 |-
-| [[wikt:刣|刣]]
+| {{tj|刣}}
-| thaai [tʰai˨˦]
+| [[siøthaai|thaai]] [tʰai˨˦]
 | tài [tʰai˥˧]
 | to kill, to slaughter
 |}
-<sup>1</sup> ''[[laang]]'' is now typically represented by [[wikt:人|人]] (literary reading ''jiin'').
+<sup>1</sup> ''[[laang]]'' is now typically represented by {{wt|人}} (literary reading ''{{tx|jiin}}'').