gá-suh
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Hokkien
Etymology
From Japanese ガス (gasu), from English gas.
Pronunciation
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gá-suh
- Tâi-lô: gá-suh
- Phofsit Daibuun: gafsuq
- IPA (Taipei): /ɡa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suʔ³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ suʔ³²/
Noun
gá-suh
Related terms
- 瓦斯 (wǎsī)
References
- “replace coal with gas”, in English-Taiwanese Dictionary, Taichung: Maryknoll Language Service Center, 1979, published 2013, archived from the original on 2022-02-19, page 726.
- “Query for gá-suh”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.