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siao

English edit

Etymology edit

From Hokkien 痟 (siáu, “mad; crazy”).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

siao (comparative more siao, superlative most siao)

  1. (Singlish) mad; crazy
    • 1993, Haresh Sharma, Off Centre, Prologue, page 2, lines 18–20:
      […] Then why am I labelled mad, siow, crazy, mental, psycho, cuck-… and not you?

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See also edit

References edit

  • Lee, Jack Tsen-Ta (2004) “seow”, in A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English
  • Colin Goh, Y. Y. Woo, editors (2002), “seow”, in The Coxford Singlish Dictionary‎[1], Singapore: Angsana Books, →ISBN, archived from the original on 28 October 2020

Anagrams edit

Macanese edit

 
Siao.

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Cantonese 豉油 (si6 jau4, si6 jau4-2).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

siao

  1. soy sauce[2]
    Synonym: sutate

References edit

  1. ^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “sutate”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 536
  2. ^ https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Maranao edit

Numeral edit

siao

  1. nine

References edit

  • A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya (Honolulu 1967)
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