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 literatures, and its usage seems rather recent.

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gālá

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄚㄌㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): go¹ lo¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gālá
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄚㄌㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gala
  - IPA ^(key): /ka̠⁵⁵ la̠³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: gālár
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄚㄌㄚˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: galal
  - IPA ^(key): /ka̠⁵⁵ lɑɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: go¹ lo¹
  - Yale: gō lō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: go¹ lo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: go¹ lo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɔː⁵⁵ lɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

旮旯

(dialectal Mandarin)

Synonyms

(corner) 角落 (jiǎoluò), 拐角 (guǎijiǎo)
(place) 地方 (dìfang), 地點／地点 (dìdiǎn)

Derived terms

犄角旮旯 (jījiǎogālá)

犄里旮旯

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