旮旯

旮旯

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (旮旯)		旮	旯

Glyph origin

Derived from two different stacking patterns of 日 (“sun”) and 九 (“nine”), with unclear connotations.

Etymology

Possibly a dialectally-preserved disyllabic form of 角 (OC *kroːɡ, *ɡ·roːɡ, “corner; horn”). Unattested in Old Chinese or Middle Chinese literatures, and its usage seems rather recent.

Cognate with 角落 (OC *kroːg g·raːg, “corner”), an emphatic form of 角.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gālá

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚ ㄌㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): go¹ lo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gālá
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄚ ㄌㄚˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gala
    • IPA ^(key): /ka̠⁵⁵ la̠³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: gālár
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄚ ㄌㄚˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: galal
    • IPA ^(key): /ka̠⁵⁵ lɑɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: go¹ lo¹
    • Yale: gō lō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: go¹ lo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: go¹ lo¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔː⁵⁵ lɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

旮旯

(dialectal Mandarin)

1. corner
2. remote or narrow place
3. place

Synonyms

• (corner) 角落 (jiǎoluò), 拐角 (guǎijiǎo)
• (place) 地方 (dìfang), 地點／地点 (dìdiǎn)

Derived terms

犄角旮旯 (jījiǎogālá)

犄里旮旯