haeuxyangz

Zhuang

Etymology

From haeux (“rice”) + a morpheme from Chinese, either 洋 (MC jɨɐŋ, “foreign”), or more likely 皇 (MC ɦwɑŋ, “imperial”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /hau˦˨ jaːŋ˧˩/
  • Tone numbers: haeu4yang2
  • Hyphenation: haeux‧yangz

Noun

haeuxyangz (1957–1982 spelling həuчyaŋƨ)

  1. corn; maize
    Synonyms: (dialectal) haeuxdaeq, (dialectal) megsuek, (dialectal) haeuxmaex, (dialectal) yiengzmaex, (dialectal) haeuxyawh

References
  1. Wei Jing-yun (2018), “壮语‘玉米’方言词分布及其传播 [The Spreading and Distribution of Corn's Proper Names in Zhuang Dialects]”, in Journal of Minzu University of China (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition) (in Chinese), volume 45, issue 5
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