K. M. A. BARNETT
romanization used by the School of Oriental and African Studies, London (S.S.),
1 current among boat-people only
2 current among hill-people only
no longer current, but meaning given by inhabitants
4 obsolete, but meaning supplied from Man147 glossaries
5 meaning guessed from locality
6 meaning still obscure
O.S.
S.S.
1 a 亞Y
qaas qhaah
au By u
qaau
3 chai
寨
zraai
Meaning or Remarks
In spite of the variety of characters, the meaning is still given as 'double' and this fits all cases where it occurs: usually of a twin peak, or an island with a low wasp waist and a knob at each end, like Cheung Chau. A pass or saddle: differs from keng (19) in that au need not have a path over it. The two occur in combination. See (14), (59).
Owing to the Hakka pronun- ciation, au is in many names confused with kau (14) and o (59).
The meaning of fort or stoc- kade is well-known, but in places where the me- mory of old fortifications is forgotten the word is often substituted by tsai (100), whose pronuncia- tion in one of the Hakka dialects is similar, or by tez (103). Even where the original spelling and pronunciation are preser-
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K. M. A. BARNETT
romanization used by the School of Oriental and African Studies, London (S.S.),
1 current among boat-people only
2 current among hill-people only
3
no longer current, but meaning given by inhabitants
4 obsolete, but meaning supplied from Man147 glossaries
5 meaning guessed from locality
6 meaning still obscure
O.S.
S.S.
1 a 亞Y
*
qaas qhaah
2
au By u
qaau
3 chai
寨
zraai
Meaning or Remarks
In spite of the variety of characters, the meaning is still given as 'double' and this fits all cases where it occurs: usually of a twin peak, or an island with a low wasp waist and a knob at each end, like Cheung Chau. A pass or saddle: differs from keng (19) in that au need not have a path over it. The two occur in combination. See (14), (59).
Owing to the Hakka pronun- ciation, au is in many names confused with kau (14) and o (59).
The meaning of fort or stoc- kade is well-known, but in places where the me- mory of old fortifications is forgotten the word is often substituted by tsai (100), whose pronuncia- tion in one of the Hakka dialects is similar, or by tez (103). Even where the original spelling and pronunciation are preser-
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