Chinese

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phonetic
trad. (鵝蠻律)
simp. (鹅蛮律)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Indonesian gubernur and Malay gabenor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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鵝蠻律

  1. (historical, colonial Southeast Asia) governor

References

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  • Salmon, Claudine (2009) “Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges”, in Archipel[1], volume 78, number 1, pages 181–208