English
laoya
Laoya comes from Hokkien 老爺／老爷 ‘old-fashioned’.
- Hokkienmodern老爺／老爷lāu-iâ‘old-fashioned’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006laoya
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Hokkienmodern老爺／老爷lāu-iâ‘old-fashioned’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006laoya
Earliest quotation: 2006, missqi: “I noticed standards here are super duper laoya.”
Every English word from Hokkien 老爺／老爷
Today it means
adj Lousy; useless; worthless.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hokkien 老爺／老爷 / laoya