交拉吧

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (交拉吧)		交	拉	吧
alternative forms		旮旯巴 Teochew 噶喇吧 Hokkien 咬𠺕吧 Hokkien

Etymology

From Sunda Kelapa, the old port of Jakarta. Ultimately from Malay kelapa (“coconut”).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Ka-lâ-pa / Ka-la-pa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ga¹ la¹ ba¹

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, dated in Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ka-lâ-pa
    • Tâi-lô: Ka-lâ-pa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kala'paf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² la²⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ la²³⁻³³ pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ la²⁴⁻¹¹ pa⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ka-la-pa
    • Tâi-lô: Ka-la-pa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kala'paf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² la⁴⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ga¹ la¹ ba¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ka la pa
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka³³⁻²³ la³³⁻²³ pa³³/

Proper noun

交拉吧

1. (Hokkien, Teochew, obsolete) Java (an island in Indonesia)
2. (Hokkien, obsolete) Batavia (the capital city of the Dutch East Indies); modern Jakarta
3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, dated) Indonesia

Synonyms

• (Java): 爪哇 (Zhǎowā)
• (Batavia): 吧城 (Bāchéng), 巴達維亞／巴达维亚 (Bādáwéiyà), 八打威 (Bādǎwēi)
• (Indonesia): 印度尼西亞／印度尼西亚 (Yìndùníxīyà), 印尼 (Yìnní)

Noun

交拉吧

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Teochew) faraway place

Derived terms

• 呂宋噶喇吧／吕宋噶喇吧

 

References

• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “ka”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 187; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 187
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “pa”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 353; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 353
• Duffus, William (1883) “Java”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 157
• Macgowan, John (1883) “Batavia”, in English and Chinese Dictionary of the Amoy Dialect (overall work in English and Hokkien), Amoy, China: A. A. Marcal, page 32
• Macgowan, John (1883) “Java”, in English and Chinese Dictionary of the Amoy Dialect (overall work in English and Hokkien), Amoy, China: A. A. Marcal, page 257