K. M. A. BARNETT
O.S.
S.S.
chun
圳圳畎: zeon
chung 涌 chunq1
8 fan
填 frann
9 ha 下吓 xraa6 厦 xraar
hang坑 xhaanq
hon 旱 xrorn
kan 簡
gaarn
kang
kau 潑
gaau1
Meaning or Remarks An irrigation channel.
A stream, especially one from which the boat-people get
water or up which they take boats.
A grave-mound (i.e. not one of the usual graves cut
from the hillside). Also
read in
names wan,
wrann (110) and wang,
wrang (111).
Very common in place na- mes, in most of which it cannot possibly mean 'below'. Sometimes seems to stand for hang (10).
This is the usual word for a river in use by land dwel- lers. It includes the val- ley in which the river flows. See also lek (32). Land for dry cultivation is xrorndrei and hill-paddy xrornwroh but in names of villages and localities this word (like ghonn) is usually tabooed in some cases being replaced by the word tso (102) (early) which is written with one stroke less: 4.
A bamboo water-pipe for irrigation. This is a Yao179 word.
Mis-spelling of keng (19)
A channel. Sometimes con-
fused with au (2).
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K. M. A. BARNETT
O.S.
S.S.
6
chun
圳圳畎: zeon
7
chung 涌 chunq1
8 fan
填 frann
9 ha 下吓 xraa6 厦 xraar
10
hang坑 xhaanq
11
hon 旱 xrorn
12
kan 簡
gaarn
13
kang
14
kau 潑
gaau1
Meaning or Remarks An irrigation channel.
A stream, especially one from which the boat-people get
water or up which they take boats.
A grave-mound (i.e. not one of the usual graves cut
from the hillside). Also
read in
names wan,
wrann (110) and wang,
wrang (111).
Very common in place na- mes, in most of which it cannot possibly mean 'below'. Sometimes seems to stand for hang (10).
This is the usual word for a river in use by land dwel- lers. It includes the val- ley in which the river flows. See also lek (32). Land for dry cultivation is xrorndrei and hill-paddy xrornwroh but in names of villages and localities this word (like ghonn) is usually tabooed in some cases being replaced by the word tso (102) (early) which is written with one stroke less: 4.
A bamboo water-pipe for irrigation. This is a Yao179 word.
Mis-spelling of keng (19)
A channel. Sometimes con-
fused with au (2).
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