Module talk:zh/data/dial-syn/猜

agak agak

@The dog2, some questions on this word:

1. Does it need to be duplicated like this? 新加坡闽南话概说 just gives it as 阿甲 (a-kah, a-gah).
2. Does it actually correspond to 猜? 新加坡闽南话概说 defines it as 估计；推测. — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 16:38, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

@Justinrleung: I was basing it off Wikipedia's entry. We do generally duplicate the word like this, but usually, I tend to use "agak agak" to specifically refer to estimating quantities, rather than just general guessing. This might be different among other Hokkien speakers. The dog2 (talk) 16:42, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

@The dog2: If it's "estimating" (making an educated guess), we might want to leave it out. — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 16:46, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

@Justinrleung: I'm not sure if it's considered an educated guess or not. Just to give you context, let's say I'm baking a cake and instead of actually weighing out the amount of flour, I decide to just estimate the amount by eye. That is that is what I will use "agak agak" to refer to. The dog2 (talk) 16:48, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

@The dog2: I don't think we would use 猜 in this kind of context. Would you use it like in the example sentence in the Penang Hokkien Dictionary? — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 16:50, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

@Justinrleung: I personally have never used it that way, but there might be other Hokkien speakers who do. Do you think we can trust Wikipedia's article on Singapore Hokkien, since that's where I got it from? The dog2 (talk) 16:59, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

@The dog2: I don't know. Could you give me a full example sentence of how you'd use "agak agak"? — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 17:03, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

I never studied formal Hokkien, but let's say I'm telling someone that I'm estimating the amount of sugar, I would say something like "糖我來agak agak".

@The dog2: Okay, maybe let's leave it out for now. — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 18:35, 23 March 2020 (UTC)