English
Sau Ki Wan
Sau Ki Wan comes from Cantonese 筲箕灣.
- Cantonesemodern筲箕灣saau¹ gei¹ waan¹
- Englishearliest quotation 1957Sau Ki Wan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Cantonesemodern筲箕灣saau¹ gei¹ waan¹
- Englishearliest quotation 1957Sau Ki Wan
Earliest quotation: 1957, Stanley Woodburn Kirby, The War Against Japan: The loss of Singapore: “Along the waterfront hung a pall of smoke from…”
Every English word from Cantonese 筲箕灣
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cantonese 筲箕灣 / Sau Ki Wan