Re: tonal languages
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 15, 2003, 20:53 |
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On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 07:53:39PM +0000, wayne chevrier wrote:
> "H. S. Teoh" nevesht:
> [snip]
> >
> >Interesting. I wonder if these variations correspond with different
> >regions in Fuqian province? My grandparents are from Xiamen area. My
> >grandmother always referred to China as "teng3 su~a1", if that means
> >anything to you. :-)
> >
> Is that the some as |tian shan| "Heavenly Mountain"?
[snip]
No, the Hokkien word for "heaven" or "sky" is /t_hi~1/. "Heavenly
Mountain" would be /t_hi~3 su~a1/ (tone 3 due to sandhi).
/teng3/ here, sandhied from /teng5/, means "long". (Or it could be
something else, I'm not 100% sure.)
T
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