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Chinese
Etymology
From 食 (“eat”) + 蕳砃 / 𫈉砃 (“potato”), from Malay kentang (“potato”).
Pronunciation
Verb
食⫽蕳砃 (verb-object)
- (Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien, of a person of Chinese ethnicity) to act like a Westerner; to be westernized; to not speak any Chinese
(Can we date this quote?), “阿兄唐山人” (00:00:39 from the start)performed by 牛馬丁:
看人食西餐 學人食干冬 [Teochew, trad.]
看人食西餐 学人食干冬 [Teochew, simp.]- toin2 nang5 ziah8 sai1 cang1 / oh8 nang5 ziah8 gang1 dang5 [Peng'im]
- see people eating Western meals / imitate them in their Western ways
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