末仔

末仔

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (末仔)		末	仔
variant forms		磨仔 磨頁／磨页

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay buaya.

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): boah-á / boa̍h-á / ba̍h-á / bôa-iá

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boah-á
    • Tâi-lô: buah-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boah'ar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boa̍h-á
    • Tâi-lô: bua̍h-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boaq'ar
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²² a⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍h-á
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍h-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baq'ar
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ba(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²² a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôa-iá
    • Tâi-lô: buâ-iá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boa'iar
    • IPA (Singapore): /bua²⁴⁻²¹ ia⁴²/
    • IPA (Penang): /bua²³⁻²¹ ia⁴⁴⁵/

Noun

末仔

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Malaysia and Singapore Hokkien) crocodile

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鱷魚 (“crocodile; alligator”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鱷, 忽雷, 骨雷
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鱷
Taxonomic name		鱷
Mandarin	Beijing	鱷魚
	Taiwan	鱷魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鱷魚
	Hong Kong	鱷魚
	Taishan	鱷魚
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鱷魚
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	鱷魚
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	鱷魚
	Dongshi (Dabu)	鱷魚
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	鱷魚
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	鱷魚
Min Dong	Fuzhou	鱷魚
Min Nan	Xiamen	末仔
	Zhangzhou	末仔
	Taipei	鱷魚
	Kaohsiung	鱷魚
	Penang	末仔
	Singapore	末仔