馬騮

See also: 马骝

Chinese

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Unknown. Some possibilities for the etymology:

A substrate Tai-Kadai loanword, compare Zhuang maxlaeuz (“monkey”), Lingao ma² lu² (“monkey”), Gelao mu⁶ lau².
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m(j/r)uk. Cognate with Burmese မျောက် (myauk, “monkey”) and possibly 猱 (OC *ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us, “yellow-haired monkey”).

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎliú

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): maa⁵ lau^4-1, maa^5-1 lau^4-1

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ma² leu², ma¹ leu²

馬騮

(chiefly Cantonese, Pinghua, dialectal Hakka, Guangxi Mandarin, Zhongshan Min, Pingnan Min) monkey (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
(chiefly Cantonese, endearing) monkey; little monkey (used for children, subordinates, etc.)

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