English
Pakhoi
Pakhoi comes from Cantonese 北海.
- Cantonesemodern北海bak¹ hoi²
- Englishearliest quotation 1895Pakhoi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Cantonesemodern北海bak¹ hoi²
- Englishearliest quotation 1895Pakhoi
Earliest quotation: 1895, E. J. Eitel, London: Luzac & Company: “Junks from Pakhoi, Hoihow and Tinpak, in the south-west,…”
Every English word from Cantonese 北海
Today it means
name Synonym of Beihai: the Cantonese-derived name.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cantonese 北海 / Pakhoi