食蕳砃

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	potato
trad. (食蕳砃)		食	蕳砃
simp. (食𫈉砃)		食	𫈉砃
alternative forms		食kentang 食kantang 食干冬
Literally: “to eat potatoes”.

Etymology

From 食 (“eat”) +‎ 蕳砃／𫈉砃 (“potato”), from Malay kentang (“potato”).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-kan-tang / chia̍h-kang-tang / chia̍h-kang-tāng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziah⁸ gang¹ dang¹

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-kan-tang
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-kan-tang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqkandafng
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ kan⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-kang-tang
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-kang-tang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqkangdafng
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-kang-tāng
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-kang-tāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqkangdang
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziah⁸ gang¹ dang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsia̍h kang tang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaʔ⁴⁻² kaŋ³³⁻²³ taŋ³³/

Verb

食⫽蕳砃 (verb-object)

1. (Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien, of a person of Chinese ethnicity) to act like a Westerner; to be westernized; to not speak any Chinese
   • (Can we date this quote?), “阿兄唐山人”‎^[1]performed by 牛馬丁:

     看人食西餐　學人食干冬 [Teochew, trad.]
     看人食西餐　学人食干冬 [Teochew, simp.]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• → English: jiak kentang