㑢

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From 佢 (“he; she; it”), with -k (plural marker) and tone change (Gan, 1997). This may be a contraction of 佢個／佢个 (Zhang, 1997) or 佢屋 (Zhang, 2005; Kwok, 2006).
Compare 偌 (“you (plural)”), from 你 (“you (singular)”).

㑢個

㑢个

2019, 李敏敏 (Li Minmin), 《台山方言助词研究》 [A Study on Auxiliary Word in Taishan Dialect] (thesis), Guangdong: Jinan University, page 7

㑢去誒囉。

㑢去诶啰。

(dialectal Cantonese, including Siyi Yue, Yangjiang) they; them


偌

From 你 (“you (singular)”), with -k (plural marker) and tone change (Gan, 1997). Possibly a contraction of 你個／你个 (cf. Zhang, 1997, suggesting it to be a contraction of 若個／若个) or 你屋 (Zhang, 2005; Kwok, 2006).
Compare 㑢 (“they”), from 佢 (“he; she; it”).

偌做乜唔來幫手啊？

偌做乜唔来帮手啊？

(dialectal Cantonese, including Siyi Yue, Yangjiang) you (plural)


到

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *taːws): semantic 至 (“to arrive”) + phonetic 刀 (OC *taːw).

Han compound

遘
告
至
甲
各
格
𢓜
佫
徦
假
臵


參

参
曑
叄
㕘
叅
参
蔘
*蓡
薓
*葠
叄
㕘
叅
参
叄
㕘
叅
𠫵
叁
叁
参
叄
㕘
叅
参
慘
䟃
参

(Siyi Yue) clever; capable; competent; powerful


眠

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *miːn): semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 民 (OC *min) – close your eyes and go to sleep.

Han compound

(archaic or Hakka, Siyi Yue) to lie down


誒

诶
诶
诶
诶
诶
诶
诶

2019, 李敏敏 (Li Minmin), 《台山方言助词研究》 [A Study on Auxiliary Word in Taishan Dialect] (thesis), Guangdong: Jinan University, page 6

我吃誒飯囉。

我吃诶饭啰。

㑢去誒囉。

㑢去诶啰。

perfective aspect
perfective aspect#English

(Siyi Yue) Used after a verb to indicate perfective aspect (action completion).


酸

→? Proto-Hmong-Mien: *suj (“sour”)

/ɬᵘɔn³³⁻³³⁵/

/ɬᵘɔn³³⁻³³⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sloːn): semantic 酉 + phonetic 夋 (OC *sʰlun).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *suːr ~ *swaːr (“sour; be acid”) (STEDT). Cognate with Mizo thûr (“acid; sour”).


昨晚

/t͡su̯ɔ³⁵ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡su̯ɔ³⁵ wɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sɔːk̚³ maːn¹³/

/t͡sɔːk̚² maːn¹³/

/tam²¹ ᵐban²¹⁻²¹⁵/

/t͡su̯ɔ³⁵ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡su̯ɔ³⁵ wɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sɔːk̚³ maːn¹³/

/t͡sɔːk̚² maːn¹³/

/tam²¹ ᵐban²¹⁻²¹⁵/


細粉

/ɕi⁵¹ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɕi⁴⁵ fəŋ⁵³/

/ɕi⁵¹ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɕi⁴⁵ fəŋ⁵³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Siyi Yue, Jin) cellophane noodles; Chinese vermicelli


阿妗

/aː³³ kʰɐm¹³/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² kim²²/

/a⁴⁴⁻³³ kim³³/

/a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kim³³/

/a³³⁻²³ kim³⁵/

/aː³³ kʰɐm¹³/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² kim²²/

/a⁴⁴⁻³³ kim³³/

/a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kim³³/

/a³³⁻²³ kim³⁵/

> - wife of mother's elder brother; < - wife of mother's younger brother; >< - face-to-face; <> - non-face-to-face

(dialectal Cantonese, including Siyi Yue, Weitou Cantonese; dialectal Hakka; Southern Min; Puxian Min) maternal aunt (mother's sister-in-law)


上味

/ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/

/sœːŋ²² mei̯²²/

/ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/

/sœːŋ²² mei̯²²/

/siaŋ³² ᵐbei³²⁻³²⁵/

/sœːŋ²² mei̯²²/

/siaŋ³² ᵐbei³²⁻³²⁵/

(Siyi Yue, dated in Guangzhou Cantonese) salt


河溪

/ho²⁴⁻²² kʰue³³/

/ho²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰue⁴⁴/

/ho²⁴⁻²² kʰue⁴⁴/

/o²⁴⁻²² kʰue³³/

/ho¹³⁻²² kʰe⁴⁴/

/ho²⁴⁻³³ kʰe⁴⁴/

/hɤ²⁴⁻³³ kʰe⁴⁴/

/hɤ²³⁻³³ kʰe⁴⁴/

/ɤ²⁴⁻³³ kʰe⁴⁴/

/ɔ²⁴⁻¹² kʰue⁴⁴/

/ho⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰoi³³/

/ho²⁴⁻²² kʰue³³/

/ho²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰue⁴⁴/

/ho²⁴⁻²² kʰue⁴⁴/

/o²⁴⁻²² kʰue³³/

/ho¹³⁻²² kʰe⁴⁴/

/ho²⁴⁻³³ kʰe⁴⁴/

/hɤ²⁴⁻³³ kʰe⁴⁴/

/hɤ²³⁻³³ kʰe⁴⁴/

/ɤ²⁴⁻³³ kʰe⁴⁴/

/ɔ²⁴⁻¹² kʰue⁴⁴/

/ho⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰoi³³/

(Siyi Yue, Hakka, Min, astronomy) Milky Way


知隨

知随
知𡃴
地隨
侈隨
地除

你知隨我講乜嗎？

你知随我讲乜吗？


尾仔

/ᵐbei⁵⁵ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/

/be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/bə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

/bue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

/bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/ᵐbei⁵⁵ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/

/be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/bə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

/bue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

/bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

(Siyi Yue, Mainland China Hokkien) youngest son


散仔

/saːn³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/ɬan⁵⁵ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/

/san²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/saːn³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/ɬan⁵⁵ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/

/san²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/


圍身

/weɪ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/

/wɐi̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/

/ɦy²² sən⁴⁴/

/weɪ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/

/wɐi̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/

/ɦy²² sən⁴⁴/

(dialectal, chiefly Siyi Yue and Wu) apron

GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)


阿人

/a³³ ᵑɡin²²/

/a³³ ᵑɡin²²/

paternal grandmother
paternal grandmother

(dialectal Cantonese, including Siyi Yue) paternal grandmother


憑企

/paŋ³² kʰei²¹⁻²¹⁵/

/paŋ³² kʰei²¹⁻²¹⁵/

His dad, he, uh, kept on, so like, kept on—climbing, uh, climbing the ladder down—, down to the floor.

1951, 趙元任 [Yuen Ren Chao], 台山語料, 《歷史語言研究所集刊》, volume 23, page 48

却老佢，ㄝ直篷（一直）哩，該*直就——拿*（爬），呃，拿*條（那條）凭企*（樓梯，梯子）下——，下落地下*。

却老佢，ㄝ直篷（一直）哩，该*直就——拿*（爬），呃，拿*条（那条）凭企*（楼梯，梯子）下——，下落地下*。


鑊脷

/vɔk̚²¹ lei³²⁻³²⁵/

/vɔk̚²¹ lei³²⁻³²⁵/


心喜

/ɬim³³ hei³³⁻³³⁵/

/ɬim³³ hei³³⁻³³⁵/


企堂

/kʰei̯¹³ tʰɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

/kʰei³³ hɔŋ²²⁻²²⁵/

/kʰei̯¹³ tʰɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

/kʰei³³ hɔŋ²²⁻²²⁵/

/kʰei³³ hɔŋ²²/

/kʰei³³ hɔŋ²²/

(Siyi Yue) to be made to stand in class as punishment


蘿蔔仔

/lɔː²¹ paːk̚² t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/lᵘɔ²² pak̚³² tᵘɔi⁵⁵/

/lɔ³³ pɛ⁵⁵ t͡siɛ²¹/

/lɔː²¹ paːk̚² t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/lᵘɔ²² pak̚³² tᵘɔi⁵⁵/

/lɔ³³ pɛ⁵⁵ t͡siɛ²¹/

(Siyi Yue, Northern Min) dried preserved radish


乞米仔

/hat̚⁵⁵ ᵐbai⁵⁵ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/

/hat̚⁵⁵ ᵐbai⁵⁵ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/


帶仔

/ai³³ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/

/ai³³ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/

(Siyi Yue) to be pregnant; to be with child


腳頭

/kœːk̚³ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/kœːk̚³ tʰɐu̯²¹/


水拱

/sui⁵⁵ kɵŋ⁵⁵/

/sui⁵⁵ kɵŋ⁵⁵/