Chinese edit

tree under to fall
trad. (樹下倒)
simp. (树下倒)
Literally: “to fall under a tree”.

Etymology edit

Phono-semantic matching of Indonesian Suharto.

Pronunciation edit


Proper noun edit

樹下倒

  1. (Medan (Metal - Meixian) Hakka, humorous, sarcastic) Suharto, the 2nd president of Indonesia

See also edit

References edit

  • Wu, Zhongwei (吴忠伟) (2014-05-01) 印尼棉兰美达村客家话词汇比较研究 (Thesis) (in Chinese), Guangdong: Jinan University, page 87