Portuguese chá adapts a Cantonese cha-type form with Portuguese spelling and /ʃ/ realization; Infopédia instead labels the source Mandarin.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
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chá
tea plant, leaves, infusion, and related current senses
OPEN NODE 572 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedCantonese · Cantonese contact form · tea beverage茶
tea
OPEN NODE 573 ↗01
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The meaning remains tea, later extending regularly to the plant, leaves, infusion, and social uses.
Portuguese contact through Macao in the sixteenth century.
Östen Dahl · Porto Editora Editors
probable — WALS explicitly gives a Cantonese route through Macao, while Infopédia gives Mandarin. The graph follows the historically specific route and exposes the disagreement.
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CITATION REGISTER
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Chapter 138: TeaChapter 138 — Portuguese import through Macao; chá from Cantonese cha
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Supplies the historically specific Cantonese maritime route and its status as an exception.
Chá — Dicionário Infopédia da Língua PortuguesaEtimologia — do mandarim chá
challengesAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Labels the source Mandarin, preserving a live disagreement over the immediate Sinitic donor.
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