矸轆

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矸轆

1. (Hokkien) spinning top (Classifier: 粒 mn)
   • 1995, 瑞華, “建立台語文ê文學批評”, in 學生台灣語文促進會, editor, 台語這條路——台文工作者訪談錄, Taipei: 台笠出版社, →ISBN, page 71:

     7月，南新國校出業，得著成績優良獎，兼予囡仔伴封做「珠仔、矸轆、翁仔標ê老先覺」 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     7月，南新国校出业，得着成绩优良奖，兼予囡仔伴封做「珠仔、矸辘、翁仔标ê老先觉」 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     7 goe̍h, Lâm-sin Kok-hāu chhut-gia̍p, tit-tio̍h sêng-chek iu-liông chióng, kiam hō͘ gín-á-phōaⁿ hong chò “chu-á, kan-lo̍k, ang-á-phiau ê lāu sian-kak” [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

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   • 2017, 王羅蜜多, “矸轆之歌”, in 吹鼓吹詩論壇, number 29, page 101:

     索仔敨開彼一下／逐家攏來拍矸轆 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     索仔敨开彼一下／逐家拢来拍矸辘 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     soh-á tháu--khui hit chi̍t ē / ta̍k-ke lóng lâi phah kan-lo̍k [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     At the moment when the strings are loosed, everyone comes to hit the spinning top