Etymograph

English

hakaw

Hakaw comes from Cantonese 蝦餃.

  1. Cantonesemodern蝦餃haa¹ gaau²
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2022hakaw

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Cantonesemodern蝦餃haa¹ gaau²
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2022hakaw

Earliest quotation: 2022, Go on a Binondo food trip this Father's Day at Lucky Chinato: “King Chef (2F Main Mall, 0932 323 1871) serves…”

Today it means

noun a traditional Cantonese shrimp dumpling

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Cantonese 蝦餃 / hakaw