Childhood games

Discussions on the Hokkien (Minnan) language.
SimL
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Re: Childhood games

Post by SimL »

Hi Amhoanna,

Thanks very much for your explanation and doubts about "sēng"/"sīng" (= "indulge, spoil; e.g. a child"). Indeed, many morphemes without an agreed punji are often non-Sinitic.
amhoanna wrote:I will pass on passing judgment till I've had a chance to better study Sino-Hokkien phonology.
Nevertheless, I'm often in awe of your knowledge of Chinese linguistics! One day, I hope to get there too. I think a good mastery of spoken and written Mandarin (and an improvement in my level of Hokkien) will be two (self-imposed) pre-requisites, before I embark on getting a better grip on historical Chinese phonology though. For the moment, I'm happy enough to have mastered the concepts of the original 4 Middle Chinese tones splitting into upper and lower, to give the "modern 8".
amhoanna wrote:Point taken. But maybe U mostly have in mind Penang and Malaya?
Yes, indeed, and even within that context, I wasn't thinking of a composite, but more of individuals, some of whom could be very dark (some of my Baba ancestors), but would otherwise be "very Chinese". In any case, I take your point as well.
niuc
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Re: Childhood games

Post by niuc »

Hi Sim
SimL wrote: 1. I forgot to point out that I think your "ko-li" is the same as my "bua-gù-lî". Do you think so too?
Yes, indeed.
3. Hmmm... when I was young, the word "dungu" was used to me "idiot", as in: "He's such a dungu" or "Don't be such a dungu". The shade of meaning seems quite close to "gundu'. I wonder if they're related?
Ah yes, "dungu" is one of the standard words for "idiot"/"retarded". May be "gundu" is used because it sounds like "dungu", a kind of euphemism.
I tried to, but my problems with physical co-ordination meant that I could only make it go up and down about 5 times before I lost the rhythm and the whole thing just stopped!
I was not good also. In fact only a few of my friends were good at playing it. :mrgreen:
niuc
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Re: Childhood games

Post by niuc »

Hi Amhoanna
amhoanna wrote: 我真正欣羨汝个 triangular knowledge of all things linguistic in S'pore, Bagan and the Big Durian (Jakarta).
是汝呣甘嫌啦!
好!我干焦叭走去햐一咜,五冬前。

叭:pat
햐:hia
咜:cōa
贊! 連Hangul嘛會通, 參落去寫佫是心適心適呢! 8)
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amhoanna
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Re: Childhood games

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