English
Sunwui
Sunwui comes from Cantonese 新會.
- Cantonesemodern新會san1 wui6
- Englishearliest quotation 1920Sunwui
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Cantonesemodern新會san1 wui6
- Englishearliest quotation 1920Sunwui
Earliest quotation: 1920, H. Atherton Lee, Are Valencia Oranges From China?: “In 1918 the senior writer visited southern China in…”
Every English word from Cantonese 新會
Today it means
name Synonym of Xinhui: the Cantonese-derived name
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cantonese 新會 / Sunwui