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• sap-bûn (Southern Min)

• (Hokkien of Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Mainland China): Borrowed from Malay sabun, or directly from either:
  • Portuguese sabão, from Old Galician-Portuguese sabon, sabõ, from Latin sāpōnem, accusative of sāpō, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).
  • Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn), from Aramaic צַפּוֹן / ܨܦܘܢ (ṣappōn), from Ancient Greek σάπων (sápōn), from Latin sāpōnem, accusative of sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).
• (Philippine Hokkien): Borrowed from Tagalog sabon, or directly from Early Modern Spanish jabón, from Old Spanish xabon, from Latin sāpōnem, accusative of sāpō, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).
• (Teochew): Borrowed from Malay sabun, from Portuguese sabão or from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn), both ultimately from Latin sāpōnem, accusative of sāpō, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).
• (Singkawang and Bangkok Jiexi Hakka): Borrowed from Malay sabun, from Portuguese sabão or from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn), both ultimately from Latin sāpōnem, accusative of sāpō, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).

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1. (Singkawang and Bangkok Jiexi Hakka, Southern Min) soap (Classifier: 塊／块)

• → Amis: safon
• → Kavalan: sabun
• → Puyuma: sabun
• → Tsou: savungu

• “Entry #8046”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.