引公

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Chinese

to lead; to divert (water); to guide
just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 
trad. (引公)
simp. #(引公)

Pronunciation

Noun

引公

  1. (Quanzhou and Jinjiang Hokkien) grandfather

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Descendants

  • Tagalog: ingkong
  • Indonesian: engkong

Further reading

  • 晋江市方言志, (Can we date this quote?), page 38 (PDF) / 106 (Book)
  • Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “ín (Cn.)”, 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 172; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 172
  • Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum (overall work in Early Modern Spanish, Hokkien, and Classical Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, 1626-1642, page 23/10 & 36/18 & 488/463 & 378/356; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum, Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN