Malaysian Hokkien

[qrasy]

Hi everyone,

>Diam
You can see quite clearly that this is related to "Jing". -ng, -m, -n difference is common in Min Nan.
Example: Steam/Cook by Steam: MinNan="Tim" Mandarin="Zheng"

>Duit
Greek or may be Hebrew: A very small amount of money, equals to 2 peser(s).

>Mata
This words is shared by many human being.
Viet: M{a(´}t, Burmese: Majk, Malay: Mata
Can anyone confirm whether this is Austronesian or Sino-Tibetan Word?
I assume that this come from "Mongoloid", can anyone confirm the language of pure-Negroid Austronesians also call it the same way? What is the term of this in Thai?

>Sien
I think this derives from "no work to do", "leisure" 閒 (xián in Mandarin.)
Does "No work to do" --> "bored" seem logical?

Thank You
--Qrasy--

[hong]

qrasy's theory is wrong and doesn't study in detail.
静is cheng in minnan.蒸is also cheng in minnan.The minnan special word for tim is 火+ 尋.
I have to add that above china's web site don't use normal tone like TLPA of taiwan.Rusheng are 7 and 8. 5th in taiwan is 2 in here.
Also siau is not only has a meaning of crazy but 沉溺,沉迷 indulging.There are a few hanzi for it.In 5 th tone ,it means 精液sperm?

[hong]

静can be used as a 训读hanzi
http://www.tmn.idv.tw/Taiwanese-2/jngz-4.html

[casey]

"ya3" and "sian7":

"ya3" = 疒+益 = bored
"sian7" = 嬗 = tired
Combining the two together "ya3 sian7" = tired
However, in Penang Hokkien "sian7" is used to mean both tired and bored. I may be wrong but this is from my personal observation among my Penang friends.

[hong]

I have to correct my mistake above.siau5 means sexual secretions and semen.sperm is cheng-chu.
casey,I think there must be a good reason for that book to put into two groups. as the same.I think there is a another for it.thiam 忝.
You can't expect penang minnan to be correct

[hong]

I haven't gone home to check putonghua dict yet but is that ia-sian appear in it.I can find it in online taiwanese dict.
I don't know that it is malaysian who invented it or it is a correct minnan.we used to say above siau5(3)-lan as a meaning of stupid .

[hong]

I think I have heard many people saying thiam2 as enough but not tired

[Peace of mind]

发烧友"huat sio iu" or "fat siu yau(Cantonese)": ?酆谜?溺?壅
eg: 音????? 音??酆谜? 音?溺?壅

[hong]

It seems like north malaysian say gua lang 我人 for us and lu lang 你人(some say luang) instead of correct minnan of it.It is found in longyan and hainan,maybe teochew too?

[hong]

In one post by yisheng,he said 盖 is kham3(should be wen-kai3,kap4 bai-kua3kah4 for this zi) which is a wrong hanzi.It is another hanzi mentioned by Lin baoqing.I can't type the word