下南婆

Chinese

		southern Fujian province; Minnan region	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (下南婆)		下南	婆
simp. #(下南婆)		下南	婆

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): or⁵ nang² bo²

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: or⁵ nang² bo² [Phonetic: or⁵ nang⁵ mo²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ō̤-náng-beó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɒ¹¹ naŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^(p-)mo¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: or⁵ nang² bo² [Phonetic: or⁵ nang⁵ mo²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɒ²¹ naŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^(p-)mo²⁴/

Noun

下南婆

1. female Minnan people; a woman from southern Fujian

Synonyms

• • 南婆

Coordinate terms

• 下南兄

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “下南婆”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 422.