English
Shekki
Shekki comes from Cantonese 石岐.
- Cantonesemodern石岐sek6 kei4
- Englishearliest quotation 1956Shekki
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Cantonesemodern石岐sek6 kei4
- Englishearliest quotation 1956Shekki
Earliest quotation: 1956, Theodore Shabad, The Kwangtung-Kwangsi Hills: “With the exception of Shiukwan on the Canton-Hankow railroad,…”
Every English word from Cantonese 石岐
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cantonese 石岐 / Shekki