旮旯

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (旮旯)		旮	旯

Glyph origin

Derived from two different stacking patterns of 日 (“sun”) and 九 (“nine”), with unclear connotations.

Etymology

Possibly a dialectally-preserved disyllabic form of 角 (OC *kroːɡ, *ɡ·roːɡ, “corner; horn”). Unattested in Old Chinese or Middle Chinese literature, its usage seems rather recent.

Cognate with 角落 (OC *kroːg g·raːg, “corner”), an emphatic form of 角.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gālá

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄚㄌㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): go¹ lo¹, kaa¹ laa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gālá
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄚㄌㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: galá
  - Wade–Giles: ka¹-la²
  - Yale: gā-lá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gala
  - Palladius: гала (gala)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä⁵⁵ lä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gālár
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄚㄌㄚˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: galár
  - Wade–Giles: ka¹-la²-ʼrh
  - Yale: gā-lár
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: galal
  - Palladius: галар (galar)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä⁵⁵ lɑɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: go¹ lo¹, kaa¹ laa¹
  - Yale: gō lō, kā lā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: go¹ lo¹, kaa¹ laa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: go¹ lo¹, ka¹ la¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔː⁵⁵ lɔː⁵⁵ kʰaː⁵⁵ laː⁵⁵/

Noun

旮旯 (dialectal Mandarin)

Synonyms

(corner):

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圪撈撈 / 圪捞捞 (geh⁵ lau¹ lau^1-3) (Jin)
壁角 (Hokkien, Teochew)
把角 (bǎjiǎo) (colloquial)
拐角 (guǎijiǎo) (colloquial)
牆角 / 墙角 (qiángjiǎo)
犄角 (colloquial)
角勢 / 角势 (Hokkien)
角落 (jiǎoluò)
角落頭 / 角落头 (gok³ lok^6-1 tau^4-2) (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
角角 (gáe̤k-gáe̤k) (Eastern Min)
角頭 / 角头 (Hokkien)

(place):

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位 (wèi) (literary, or in compounds)
位置 (wèizhì)
去處 / 去处 (qùchù)
地位 (dìwèi)
地場 / 地场 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
地方
地點 / 地点 (dìdiǎn)
場地 / 场地 (chǎngdì)
場所 / 场所 (chǎngsuǒ)
定位 (dìngwèi)
所在 (suǒzài)
所在地 (suǒzàidì)
處所 / 处所 (chùsuǒ)
部位 (bùwèi)
點基 / 点基 (dienn³ ji¹) (Xiang)

Derived terms

山旮旯 (shāngālá)
旮旯兒 / 旮旯儿
犄角旮旯 (jījiǎogālá)
犄里旮旯
背旮旯兒 / 背旮旯儿 (bèigālár)