Tiociu

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Indonesian [Term?], from Teochew 潮州 (dio5 ziu1).

Proper noun[edit]

Tiociu

  1. Alternative form of Teochew
    • 1984, NUSA: Linguistic Studies in Indonesian and Languages in Indonesia[1], volume 19, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21, column 1:
      It is not easy to decide from which dialect of Chinese some of the loanwords derive, and this may explain why Philip Leo does not list any as coming from Hainanese nor Tiociu.