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ngeow

/njaʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nge-ow
IPA
/njaʊ/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Stingy, miserly

Etymology

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”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more ngeow (comparative) most ngeow (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce ngeow?
The recorded pronunciation is /njaʊ/.
What does ngeow mean?
Stingy, miserly
Where does ngeow come from?
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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