há-muh

Hokkien

Etymology

From Japanese ハム (hamu), from English ham.

Pronunciation

• (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: há-muh
  • Tâi-lô: há-muh
  • Phofsit Daibuun: hafmuq
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mũʔ³²/
  • IPA (Taipei): /ha⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mũʔ³²/

Noun

há-muh

1. (Taiwan) ham

References

• “Entry #20400”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
• 張裕宏 (Tiuⁿ, Jû-hông), editor (2009), “há-muh”, in TJ台語白話小詞典 [TJ's Dictionary of Non-Literary Taiwanese] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Tainan: 亞細亞國際傳播社, →ISBN, page 152.