O.S.
S.S.
122 yau 攸 123 ye 爺
jraw
jreah
HONG KONG PLACE NAMES
Meaning or Remarks Alternative to ngau (54).
Grandfather, i.e, the grand-
father king of the moun- tain, an important genius loci. See wong-ye (120). For some reason this word suffers transforma- tion into yi, jrih, jri (125), nai nray (49) nei nrey (53), lai, Iray (27), lei, Irey (31, 38) and ngai, ngray (54) which makes it appear possible that this is a Chinese adapta- tion of an aboriginal word.
124 yeung jreonq
Sometimes interchangeable
with mong (46), but in
I = jci
ཚ་
125 yi
宜二
jrih
營盤
126 ying- * *
pun
jrenqpruunn
127 ying 應 jeng 128 yiu 富陶 jriw
other cases can only
mean 'village' and may be the Yao179 word yong. See ye (122).
Barracks. The places where this name occurs all ap- pear to be on the route by which the Taipo pearls were convoyed to Castle Peak. In none of them was there a fortified place in the Ts'ing!77 dynasty. See (77) and (3). See yan (121).
Sometimes occurs where
there is no kiln, nor tra-
dition of one; and in
those cases may be an-
O.S.
S.S.
122 yau 攸 123 ye 爺
jraw
jreah
HONG KONG PLACE NAMES
Meaning or Remarks Alternative to ngau (54).
155
Grandfather, i.e, the grand-
father king of the moun- tain, an important genius loci. See wong-ye (120). For some reason this word suffers transforma- tion into yi, jrih, jri (125), nai nray (49) nei nrey (53), lai, Iray (27), lei, Irey (31, 38) and ngai, ngray (54) which makes it appear possible that this is a Chinese adapta- tion of an aboriginal word.
124 yeung jreonq
Sometimes interchangeable
with mong (46), but in
I = jci
ཚ་
125 yi
宜二
jrih
營盤
126 ying- * *
pun
jrenqpruunn
127 ying 應 jeng 128 yiu 富陶 jriw
other cases can only
mean 'village' and may be the Yao179 word yong. See ye (122).
Barracks. The places where this name occurs all ap- pear to be on the route by which the Taipo pearls were convoyed to Castle Peak. In none of them was there a fortified place in the Ts'ing!77 dynasty. See (77) and (3). See yan (121).
Sometimes occurs where
there is no kiln, nor tra-
dition of one; and in
those cases may be an-
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