冚唪唥
Chinese edit
| phonetic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (冚唪唥) | 冚 | 唪 | 唥 | |
| simp. #(冚唪唥) | 冚 | 唪 | 唥 | |
| alternative forms | ||||
Etymology edit
Various theories:
- From a Northern dialect 咸不剌 in Beijing during the Yuan dynasty.[1][2]
- From a Hmong language /banɡlanɡ/.[3]
- Of Cantonese origin, 冚 + duplicated intensifier form of 朋 (classifier),[4] compare 雜崩冷／杂崩冷 (zaap6 bang1 lang1).
- From Chinese Pidgin English hampalang, from Cantonese 咸埋包來[5] or English home balance (“grand total”).[6]
Also compare Min Nan 含巴攏／含巴拢 (hâm-pa-lang, “grand total”), Wu 亨八冷打 (1han-paq-lan-tan, “in total”), Zhuang haemzbaengzlaengz, Fuzhou Eastern Min 含把擔／含把担, Leizhou Min 含巴蘭／含巴兰, Beijing Mandarin [script needed] (hángbulāng).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
冚唪唥
- (Cantonese) entire; all; every
- 你班馬騮，冚唪唥都唔知天高地厚，你話點搞呢？ [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2019, 盧偉力, 《香港粵語片藝術論集》, page 120
- nei5 baan1 maa5 lau4-1, ham6 baang6 laang6 dou1 m4 zi1 tin1 gou1 dei6 hau5, nei5 waa6 dim2 gaau2 ne1? [Jyutping]
- You little monkeys all think you know the world. What do you say we should do?
你班马骝，冚唪唥都唔知天高地厚，你话点搞呢？ [Cantonese, simp.]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 文若稚 (1993) 《廣州方言古語選釋續編》
- ^ 陳伯輝, 吳偉雄 (1998) 《生活粵語本字趣談》
- ^ 余藹芹 (1988) “粵語研究”, in 《語文研究》
- ^ 陈小明 (2001) “粵方言“冚唪唥”再探”, in 第八屆國際粵方言研討會論文集
- ^ Herbert A. Giles (1886) A Glossary of Reference on Subjects Concerned with the Far East
- ^ Eiichi Chishima [千島英一] (2000) “廣州話“冚𠾴唥”[hɐm˨ paːŋ˨ laːŋ˨]的來源再考”, in 第七屆國際粵方言研討會論文集