MTL words with double reverse mapping
A small number of multi-syllable Taiwanese words are homonyms: same sound, different meaning. They are generally two syllables, where the first syllable's citation tone was either tone 1 (high) or tone 5 (curving-up) before tone sandhi. In MTL they are written the same, but in POJ they are not.
A total of 96 MTL words with this property were found in the Maryknoll Taiwanese-English Dictionary.
The following list of 125 MTL words includes data from both Maryknoll and Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan:
- 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