Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Someone who is uneducated; a country bumpkin.
Uneducated; backward.
From Hokkien 山龜/山龟 (soaⁿ-ku, “mountain turtle”), from 山 (soaⁿ, “mountain”) + 龜/龟 (ku, “turtle”).
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