齒頭

Chinese

		tooth	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (齒頭)		齒	頭
simp. (齿头)		齿	头
anagram		頭齒／头齿

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ki³ tao²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-thâu

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ki³ tao² [Phonetic: ki² lao²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kî-táu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ^(tʰ-)lau¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ki³ tao² [Phonetic: ki¹ lao²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi³³²⁻⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)lau²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: khí-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qy'taau
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/

Noun

齒頭

(Hokkien, Puxian Min, anatomy) root of the tooth; base of the tooth

Synonyms

喙齒根 / 喙齿根 (Hokkien)
喙齒跤 / 喙齿跤 (Puxian Min)
喙齒頭 / 喙齿头 (Puxian Min)
牙根 (yágēn)
牙腳 / 牙脚 (Hakka)
齒根 / 齿根 (chǐgēn)
齒跤 / 齿跤 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
齒齦根 / 齿龈根 (Hokkien)

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), “齿头”, 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 318.