鵝蠻律
Chinese
phonetic | ||||
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trad. (鵝蠻律) | 鵝 | 蠻 | 律 | |
simp. (鹅蛮律) | 鹅 | 蛮 | 律 |
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian gubernur and Malay gabenor.
Pronunciation
鵝蠻律
- (historical, colonial Southeast Asia) governor
References
- Salmon, Claudine (2009), “Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges”, in Archipel, volume 78, issue 1, pages 181–208