雞籠

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Chinese

fowl; chicken basket; cage
trad. (雞籠/鷄籠) 雞/鷄 籠
simp. (鸡笼) 鸡 笼

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

雞籠

  1. chicken coop; henhouse
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Likely from Ketangalan ke- (“locative prefix; domain marker”), cognate to Tagalog ka- -an (“locative circumfix”), Indonesian ke- -an, Malay ke- -an, with the noun root of the compound replaced with Hokkien 儂／侬 (lâng, “person”).

Pronunciation

Noun

雞籠

  1. (chiefly historical, still common in Southern Min) Alternative name for 基隆 (Jīlóng).
Descendants
  • → English: Chi-lung, Keelung

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 雞籠 – see 雞罱 (“(Min Nan) chicken coop; henhouse”).
(This term is a variant form of 雞罱).
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