"ga lo" quarrel

Discussions on the Hokkien (Minnan) language.
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tantg
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"ga lo" quarrel

Post by tantg »

In Singapore/Malaysian Hokkien, "ga lo" = 相罵 = quarrel (between/among two or more parties).

What's the Chinese characters writing? Too far-fetched to think it's in fact "quar-rel"? And then Sin/Mal Cantonese say "ngaa6 lo2", rather than 嗌交 aai3 gau1
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Post by ong »

just malay word gaduh,buy singapore minnan dict
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