haeuxdaeq

Zhuang

Etymology

From haeux (“rice”) + a morpheme from Chinese 帝 (MC tejH, “emperor”).[1] Cognate with Bouyei hauxdais (“corn; maize”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /hau˦˨ tai˧˥/
  • Tone numbers: haeu4dae5
  • Hyphenation: haeux‧daeq

Noun

haeuxdaeq (Sawndip form 后帝, 1957–1982 spelling həuчdəiƽ)

  1. (dialectal) corn; maize
    Synonyms: haeuxyangz, (dialectal) megsuek, (dialectal) haeuxmaex, (dialectal) yiengzmaex, (dialectal) haeuxyawh
    • 2022, David Holm, Meng Yuanyao, editors, The Brigands' Song: Serving in the Army of A Native Chieftain, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 97, 206:
      后帝不到分
      haeuxdaeq mbouj dauq faen
      The maize does not return seed

References
  1. Wei Jing-yun (2018) “壮语‘玉米’方言词分布及其传播 [The Spreading and Distribution of Corn's Proper Names in Zhuang Dialects]”, in Journal of Minzu University of China (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition) (in Chinese), volume 45, number 5, page 148
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