旮旯

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (旮旯)		旮	旯

Glyph origin

Derived from two different stacking patterns of 日 (“sun”) and 九 (“nine”), with unclear connotations.

Etymology

Possibly a dialectally-preserved disyllabic form of 角 (OC *kroːɡ, *ɡ·roːɡ, “corner; horn”). Unattested in Old Chinese or Middle Chinese literature, its usage seems rather recent.

Cognate with 角落 (OC *kroːg g·raːg, “corner”), an emphatic form of 角.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gālá

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚ ㄌㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): go¹ lo¹, kaa¹ laa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gālá
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄚ ㄌㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: galá
    • Wade–Giles: ka¹-la²
    • Yale: gā-lá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gala
    • Palladius: гала (gala)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä⁵⁵ lä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gālár
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄚ ㄌㄚˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: galár
    • Wade–Giles: ka¹-la²-ʼrh
    • Yale: gā-lár
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: galal
    • Palladius: галар (galar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä⁵⁵ lɑɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: go¹ lo¹, kaa¹ laa¹
    • Yale: gō lō, kā lā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: go¹ lo¹, kaa¹ laa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: go¹ lo¹, ka¹ la¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔː⁵⁵ lɔː⁵⁵ kʰaː⁵⁵ laː⁵⁵/

Noun

旮旯 (dialectal Mandarin)

1. corner
2. remote or narrow place
3. place

Synonyms

• (corner):

• 圪撈撈／圪捞捞 (geh⁵ lau¹ lau^1-3) (Jin)
• 壁角 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 把角 (bǎjiǎo) (colloquial)
• 拐角 (guǎijiǎo) (colloquial)
• 牆角／墙角 (qiángjiǎo)
• 犄角 (colloquial)
• 角勢／角势 (Hokkien)
• 角落 (jiǎoluò)
• 角落頭／角落头 (gok³ lok^6-1 tau^4-2) (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
• 角頭／角头 (Hokkien)

 

• (place):

• 位 (wèi) (literary, or in compounds)
• 位置 (wèizhì)
• 去處／去处 (qùchù)
• 地位 (dìwèi)
• 地場／地场 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 地方
• 地點／地点 (dìdiǎn)
• 場地／场地 (chǎngdì)
• 場所／场所 (chǎngsuǒ)
• 定位 (dìngwèi)
• 所在 (suǒzài)
• 所在地 (suǒzàidì)
• 處所／处所 (chùsuǒ)
• 部位 (bùwèi)
• 點基／点基 (dienn³ ji¹) (Xiang)

 

Derived terms

• 山旮旯 (shāngālá)
• 旮旯兒／旮旯儿
• 犄角旮旯 (jījiǎogālá)
• 犄里旮旯
• 背旮旯兒／背旮旯儿 (bèigālár)