Uniquely Teochew/Minnan Kinship Terms (3)
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This is the third in a series of posts on Teochew kinship terms, featuring words used to address relatives that are found in Teochew or other Minnan languages but not in Mandarin.
𡚸 bhou2 • wife • 妻子 qīzǐ / 夫人 fūrén
翁 ang1 • husband • 丈夫 zhàngfū / 先生 xiānshēng
Equivalent terms are used in most Southern Min languages, although the pronunciation is variable. Teochew usually writes bhou2 with the character 𡚸 (女+么), Hokkien/Taiwanese with 某 bó͘.
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Posted on 2021-01-21 00:00:00 +0000