Etymograph

English

kan ni na bu

Kan ni na bu comes from Hokkien 姦恁娘母.

  1. Hokkienmodern姦恁娘母kàn-lín-niâ-bú / kàn-ní-nâ-bú
  2. Englishtodaykan ni na bu

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Hokkienmodern姦恁娘母kàn-lín-niâ-bú / kàn-ní-nâ-bú
  2. Englishtodaykan ni na bu

The story

The variant kan ni na beh likely results from a shortening of the last two syllables in 姦恁娘母的 /奸恁娘母的 (kàn-lín-niâ-bú-ê, “fuck your mother's”) from bú-ê to bé.

Today it means

intj Fuck your mother; fuck.

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

Etymograph / Hokkien 姦恁娘母 / kan ni na bu