Øe

In MTL, øe is a unified spelling for a dialectal sound generally found as e in the south (Køhioong) and oe in the north (Taipag), or vice versa. Examples:

Unified Spelling	Southern	Northern	Meaning
pøeq	peq	poeq	eight (8)
bøea	bea	boea	to buy (see bøefbøe)
bøea	boea	bea	tail
gøeh	goeh	geh	month

Occurence in DFT

The top ten by number of occurrence in main category of Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan:

• Harnji: 尾, 火, 雞, 地, 做, 月, 過, 袂, 粿, 貨
• respective readings: bøea, høea, køef, tøe, zøex, gøeh, køex, bøe, køea, høex

See also

• TL (ere for [əe], found in Samkiab)
• ø
• øe (toxngsuu)

References

• Liim Keahioong (1992). Different Taiwanese Dialects and Derivative Vowels