The Words"huai"and"huaichao"Meaning"to play"in the Contiguous Areas of Hakka and Gan Dialects
"To play"is a universal basic concept in various languages.The verb meaning"to play"in the Hakka dialect in Ningdu has been recorded as[hoε⊃]、[hu(e)i⊃]、[⊂xɔi]、[⊂vɔi]、[⊆vεi],and[⊂fei],also as the dissyllabic[huai⊃ ⊂ tsh au]、[⊂ fei ⊂tsh au].According to the history of the Chinese language and synchronic study of various dialects,this word should be written as"huai"(坏)and"huaichao"(坏钞),evolving from"huaichao"(坏钞)("to pay the expense")in the early Manda-rin.The verb meaning"to play"in Fuguang cluster of Gan dialect,which was written as"wei"(猥),may be written as"huai",too,because they are practically of the same word.It shows the close rela-tioship of the Ningdu-Shicheng cluster of Hakka dialect and Gan dialect.
"toplay""huai""huaichao"Hakka and Gan dialectsNingdu-Shicheng cluster
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