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0 pointsSeanLuke2y ago0 comments

chiap sure? Ke no. In Cantonese, fish is yu. But yeah.

Also: I had thought it was originally Malay.

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samatman2y ago· 1 in thread

Hokkien/Min and Cantonese are not mutually intelligible languages.

SeanLukeOP2y ago

Of course. We were talking about the coincidence in Cantonese.

resolutebat2y ago· 1 in thread

膎 preserved fish, not 鱼 plain old fish.

SeanLukeOP2y ago

Ah! Well it still doesn't help (it's haai in Cantonese). But that's interesting.

arp2422y ago

Malay "ketjap" or "kecap" (different types of soy sauces) comes from Chinese "kê-chiap". It may be directly inspired by Malay languages without knowledge of Chinese and still be "ultimately from Hokkien Chinese".

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