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Etymology edit

From Japanese スプリング (supuringu), from English spring.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

su-pú-lín-guh

  1. (Taiwan) spring (mechanical device)

References edit

  • “springs in a[sic] easy chair or sofa, bed springs”, in English-Taiwanese Dictionary[1], Taichung: Maryknoll Language Service Center, 1979, published 2013, archived from the original on 2022-02-19, page 827.
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    張裕宏 (Tiuⁿ, Jû-hông), editor (2009), “su-pú-lín-guh”, in TJ台語白話小詞典 [TJ's Dictionary of Non-Literary Taiwanese] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Tainan: 亞細亞國際傳播社, →ISBN, page 492.