Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryStingy, miserly
From Hokkien 貓 /猫 (niau / ngiau, “cat; stingy”), with influence from Singapore Teochew 貓 /猫 (ngiao¹, “cat; stingy”). See also Hokkien 貓潲 /猫潲 (niau-siâu, “stingy”), 貓神 /猫神 (niau-sîn, “stingy”), 貓𡳞 /猫𡳞 (niau-lān / niau-lǎn, “stingy”), 貓筩 /猫筒 (niau-thāng, “stingy”).
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