English
Mui Wo
Mui Wo comes from Cantonese 梅窩.
- Cantonesemodern梅窩mui⁴ wo¹
- Englishearliest quotation 1988Mui Wo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Cantonesemodern梅窩mui⁴ wo¹
- Englishearliest quotation 1988Mui Wo
Earliest quotation: 1988, David Yeadon, HONG KONG MEMORIES IN A MIST THE SERENE PLEASURES OF THE OUT: “At the top of the fourth ridge the whole…”
Every English word from Cantonese 梅窩
Today it means
name A town in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cantonese 梅窩 / Mui Wo