jiak-kuh

Min Nan

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese チャック (chakku, “zipper”), from the chaku of Japanese 巾着 (kinchaku, “Japanese traditional bag”).

Pronunciation

(Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiak-kuh
- Tâi-lô: jiak-kuh
- Phofsit Daibuun: jiakkuq
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑiak̚³²⁻⁴ kuʔ³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /d͡ʑiak̚³²⁻⁴ kuʔ³²/

Noun

jiak-kuh (POJ)

(Taiwan) zipper

References

“Entry #31053”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

See also

拉鏈／拉链 (lāliàn)
拉鎖／拉锁 (lāsuǒ)
(Min Nan) 挩鏈／捝链, 挩鏈仔／捝链仔

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