錦瑙

Chinese

		brocade; embroidered work; bright
trad. (錦瑙)		錦	瑙
simp. (锦瑙)		锦	瑙
alternative forms		錦珯／锦珯

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gím-ló

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gím-ló
    • Tâi-lô: gím-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gymloir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo⁵³/

Noun

錦瑙

1. (Hokkien) a dish of various ingredients combined and cooked together (usually savory mixed meats in a bowl)

   錦瑙麵／锦瑙面 [Hokkien]  ―  gím-ló mī [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  kimlo with noodles

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kimlo
• → Tagalog: kimlo

References

• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 138
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “錦瑙”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “gím-ló”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 109; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 109
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “gím-ló”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 315; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 315