馬留

Chinese

horse; surname
 
leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
trad. (馬留)
simp. (马留)
variant forms 馬流马流
馬騮马骝 Cantonese “monkey”

Etymology

A substrate Tai-Kadai loanword, compare Zhuang maxlaeuz (monkey). Perhaps cognate with (OC *ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us, “yellow-haired monkey”).

Pronunciation


Noun

馬留

  1. (archaic or Cantonese) monkey
  2. (archaic) Malay people
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