Etymograph

English

Kowloon Tsai

Kowloon Tsai comes from Cantonese 九龍仔.

  1. Cantonesemodern九龍仔gau² lung⁴ zai²
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1952Kowloon Tsai

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Cantonesemodern九龍仔gau² lung⁴ zai²
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1952Kowloon Tsai

Earliest quotation: 1952, Two Children Killed In Last Night's Kowloon Tsai Fire: “Two children, brother and sister, died in the Kowloon…”

Today it means

name An area of Kowloon Tong, Kowloon City district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Cantonese 九龍仔 / Kowloon Tsai