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ang mo kio
* Singlish is a largely spoken creole, and as such descriptivism (recording forms that reflect actual pronunciation in spoken language, or as appearing in the linguistic corpus) is more pertinent than strict prescriptivism. Nevertheless, the use of more standard forms (or for words originating in languages with Latin script, such as Malay, accurate to the original spelling) is recommended and encouraged.
also can:
ang moh kio amk
Ang Mo Kio 1
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Hokkien:
红毛
紅毛
poj:
âng-mô͘
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桥
橋
poj:
kiô
definitions
noun
- a planning area and residential town to the north of central Singapore, first redeveloped by the HDB in 1973.[1]
The name Ang Mo Kio in Hokkien literally translates to “red-haired man’s bridge”, where ang mo is a colloquial term for a Caucasian person.
— 2020, Cornelius, Vernon. NLB. Singapore Infopedia - Ang Mo Kio. https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/article-detail?cmsuuid=af89bff4-ffa3-4786-967b-8b8719069624
usage notes
In Hokkien, both this and the word for tomato (ang moh kio) are complete homophones, down to the tone. However, due to the spelling of the township in English, the association with the original root word ang moh has been muddied somewhat, and it is common to hear the 'mo' pronunced as /mo/ (as in 'MOst'), instead of the original /mɔ/ (as in 'MOre' or 'ang MOH').
categories:
ang mo kio 2
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Min nan:
红毛茄
紅毛茄
poj:
âng-mô͘-kiô
definitions
noun
- tomato (fruit of the Solanum lycopersicum plant)