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0 pointsSeanLuke2y ago0 comments

chiap sure? Ke no. In Cantonese, fish is yu. But yeah.

Also: I had thought it was originally Malay.

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Malay "ketjap" or "kecap" (different types of soy sauces) comes from Chinese "kê-chiap". It may be directly inspired by Malay languages without knowledge of Chinese and still be "ultimately from Hokkien Chinese".

samatman2y ago

Hokkien/Min and Cantonese are not mutually intelligible languages.

SeanLukeOP2y ago

Of course. We were talking about the coincidence in Cantonese.

resolutebat2y ago

膎 preserved fish, not 鱼 plain old fish.

SeanLukeOP2y ago

Ah! Well it still doesn't help (it's haai in Cantonese). But that's interesting.

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0 pointsSeanLuke2y ago0 comments

chiap sure? Ke no. In Cantonese, fish is yu. But yeah.

Also: I had thought it was originally Malay.

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arp2422y ago

samatman2y ago

Hokkien/Min and Cantonese are not mutually intelligible languages.

SeanLukeOP2y ago

Of course. We were talking about the coincidence in Cantonese.

resolutebat2y ago

膎 preserved fish, not 鱼 plain old fish.

SeanLukeOP2y ago

Ah! Well it still doesn't help (it's haai in Cantonese). But that's interesting.

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