roeggacak

Zhuang

Etymology

From roeg (“bird”) +‎ ga (“crow; raven”) + morpheme from Chinese 鵲 (MC tshjak).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ɣok˧ ka˨˦ ɕaːk˧˥/
  • Tone numbers: roek8ga1cak7
  • Hyphenation: roeg‧ga‧cak

Noun

roeggacak (Sawndip form 𮬭𱈡𪀣, 1957–1982 spelling rɵggacak)

  1. magpie

References

  1. ^ 蓝庆元 (2003) 《壮汉同源词借词研究》 (in Chinese), Beijing: 中央民族大学出版社, →ISBN, page 242
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