Words from Minyue

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	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).