木克

Bala

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *mū. Cognate with Manchu ᠮᡠᡴᡝ (muke), Jurchen 木克 (mu-ke /⁠muke⁠/).

Noun

木克 (muke)

1. water

References

• “The Only Known Text from Bala, an Extinct Tungusic Language”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎^[1], volume 9, number 1, 2021, pages 173–191

Chinese

		tree; wood	gram; subdue; to restrain gram; subdue; to restrain; to overcome
simp. and trad. (木克)		木	克

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸moq-kheq

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• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸moq-kheq
    • MiniDict: moh^入 kheh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵moq-kheq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹¹ kʰəʔ²³/

Noun

木克

1. (Wu, slang) male hooligan; male scumbag

Synonyms

• 惡棍／恶棍 (ègùn)
• 歹囝 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 歹狗 (Hokkien)
• 歹狗仔 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 歹蟲／歹虫 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 流氓 (liúmáng)
• 流飛／流飞 (⁶lieu-fi) (Wu)
• 混混 (hùnhùn)
• 溜娃子 (Urumqi)
• 溜溜子 (Urumqi)
• 無賴／无赖 (wúlài)
• 玩鬧／玩闹 (wánnào) (regional, colloquial)
• 痞子 (pǐzi)
• 阿飛／阿飞 (āfēi) (colloquial)
• 霎仔 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 鱸鰻／鲈鳗 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 鱸鰻田穿／鲈鳗田穿 (Quanzhou Hokkien)