tingwa

Amis

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 電(でん)話(わ) (denwa, “telephone”).

Noun

tingwa

1. telephone

   Synonym: dingwa

References

• “Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎^[1] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021