桄榔

Chinese

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(桄榔)
variant forms 桄桹

Etymology

Recorded in the Book of the Later Han, where it was described as a product of the Gouding kingdom in China's south. Ji Han (嵇含, died 307 CE), the author of Nanfang Caomu Zhuang (“Plants of the Southern Regions”), says:

Inside the bark there is a dust resembling flour, sometimes as much as several hu (). When eaten it is just like ordinary flour.

This word was borrowed from a Kra-Dai language (Li, 2002). Compare Proto-Kra-Dai *klaŋ > Zhuang go'gvang (palm tree, go: plant prefix), Bouyei faixguangl (palm tree) (idem).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Initial () (28) (37)
Final () (102) (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kwɑŋ/ /lɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷɑŋ/ /lɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɑŋ/ /lɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwaŋ/ /laŋ/
Li
Rong
/kuɑŋ/ /lɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/kuɑŋ/ /lɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kwɑŋ/ /lɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guāng láng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/2
No. 4509 8031
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷaːŋ/ /*raːŋ/

Noun

桄榔

  1. sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)

Derived terms

  • 桄榔酒
  • 桄榔鬚桄榔须
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