峇厘

Chinese

Etymology 1

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(峇厘)
峇 厘
alternative forms 密閭/密闾

The spelling 峇厘 (Bālí), attested in Lim (1886) and Zhou (2006), appears to be a phonetic spelling.

Adele Fielde defines Teochew 舳 (bha7) as "bow of a vessel".

Carstairs Douglas and William Campbell identify the Min Nan 閭/闾 (lî) element as "door", while Fielde defines Teochew 閭/闾 (li5) as "a habitation".

Pronunciation


Noun

峇厘

  1. (Min Nan, nautical) small junk cabin
Derived terms
  • 峇厘客
  • 峇厘房
  • 食公司,睏峇厘/食公司,困峇厘
Descendants
  • → Malay: bilik
    • → Arabic: بِلِّيج‎ (billīj), بَالِج‎ (bālij); بَلَنْج‎ (balanj)
      • → Judeo-Arabic: כליג‎ (balīj)
    • Indonesian: bilik
    • → Maguindanao: bilik

References

  • Campbell, William (甘爲霖/甘为霖) (1913), “lî (閭/闾 (lǘ) Lû)”, in A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (廈門音新字典/厦门音新字典), 8th edition, published 1961, page 323
  • Douglas, Carstairs (1899), “bâ”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, London: Presbyterian Church of England, page 8
  • Douglas, Carstairs (1899), “lî”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, London: Presbyterian Church of England, page 302
  • Governor-General of Taiwan (1931–1932), “密閭”, in 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor, 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (in Japanese and Min Nan), Taihoku: 同府 (Dōfu), →OCLC
  • Lim, Hiong Seng (1886), “Nautical”, in Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press, page 103
  • (Min Nan) 周长楫 [Zhou Changji], editor (2006), “峇厘”, in 《闽南方言大词典》 Minnan Fangyan Da Cidian [Comprehensive Dictionary of the Min Nan Topolect], Fuzhou: Fujian People's Publishing House, →ISBN, page 46.

Etymology 2

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(峇厘)
峇 厘

Pronunciation


Proper noun

峇厘

  1. (~島) Alternative form of 巴厘 (Bālí, “Bali”).
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