Hokkien Word Meanings?

[jilang]

Thank you duaaagiii.

When I think about it, I already knew khi pue but I would pronounce it differently as "khi per"

And I'd forgotten about kai sueh. Thanks for the reminder.

[SimL]

When growing up in Penang, the only word I knew for "kite" was "au5". I haven't been able to find this word in Douglas/Barclay. The word in Douglas is "hong1-che1" (non-sandhi tones).

My mother said that "au5" is known in the south of the Malaysian peninsular, but is more common in the north. The usual word in the south is indeed "hong1-che1".

Does anyone know the character for "au5"?

[ong]

No,I am sure it isn't a minnan word.I can speak thai,it is the same with thai language for kite in malay.Somebody change the vowel into au

[SimL]

Wow, thanks Ong! I never knew that.

What does the Thai word sound like? I only know "layang-layang" in Malay? Is there another Malay word which sounds like "au"?

Thanks & regards,
Sim.

[ong]

http://english-thai-dictionary.com type kite =wao
http://dictionary.bhanot.net =wau

[SimL]

Thanks Ong, that was very informative!

Cheers,
Sim.

[ong]

However since cuanciu has 放鹞 io7 which has wendu of iau5.I need some austronesian dict to confirm it.

[SimL]

Being Babas, all of the womenfolk (and some of the menfolk) of my grandparents' generation (on my father's side) wore sarongs. We use the word "mua1" when referring to sarongs. In my father's generation, only about half the men and women wore sarongs, as most of the others switched to Western clothing.

Does anyone know where this word comes from, and if there is a hanzi for it?

Thanks,
Sim.

[ong]

幔 ，it can be used as a verb

[SimL]

Ong:

Great. Thanks a lot!

Sim.