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Etymology
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Particularly: “Possibly related to 歁 (khám, “foolish”)? as per Douglas (1873)”
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崁頭崁面
- (Hokkien, figurative) to act foolishly and/or recklessly; to do something regardless of danger; to do something cluelessly without knowing the consequences; to behave ignorantly; to be stupid; to act like an idiot
- (Hokkien, literal) to cover the head and face
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- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “蓋頭蓋面”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
- 東方孝義 (TŌHŌ Takayoshi) (1931) “蓋頭蓋面”, in 臺日新辭書 [New Taiwanese–Japanese dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: 臺灣警察協會, page 128
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “khàm-thâu khàm-bīn”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 260; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 260
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “khàm-thâu khàm-bīn”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 21; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 21