English
Ngau Tau Kok
Ngau Tau Kok comes from Cantonese 牛頭角.
- Cantonesemodern牛頭角ngau⁴ tau⁴ gok³
- Englishearliest quotation 1983Ngau Tau Kok
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Cantonesemodern牛頭角ngau⁴ tau⁴ gok³
- Englishearliest quotation 1983Ngau Tau Kok
Earliest quotation: 1983, James Hayes, Itinerant Weavers and the Cultivation of Hemp and Indigo: “An old Hakka woman, who was married into the…”
Every English word from Cantonese 牛頭角
Today it means
name An area of Kwun Tong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cantonese 牛頭角 / Ngau Tau Kok