English
kwai muk
Kwai muk comes from Cantonese 桂木.
- Cantonesemodern桂木gwai3 muk6
- Englishearliest quotation 2016kwai muk
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Cantonesemodern桂木gwai3 muk6
- Englishearliest quotation 2016kwai muk
Earliest quotation: 2016, Rolf Blancke, Cornell University Press: “The Kwai muk is native to southern China, where…”
Every English word from Cantonese 桂木
Today it means
noun a species of plant (Artocarpus parvus) endemic to South-East Asia and China
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cantonese 桂木 / kwai muk