庵馬甲

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (庵馬甲) 庵 馬 甲
simp. (庵马甲) 庵 马 甲
alternative forms 阿麻甲

Etymology

Possibly ultimately from Tagalog abaka.

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Pronunciation

Noun

庵馬甲

  1. (Xiamen Hokkien) agave

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 龍舌蘭 (“agave”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 龍舌蘭
Taxonomic name 龍舌蘭
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 龍舌蘭
Cantonese Hong Kong 龍舌蘭
Southern Min Xiamen 番仔蘆薈, 庵馬甲, 番葛
Quanzhou 番葛
Jinjiang 番葛
Zhangzhou 番仔蘆薈, 番籃投
Puxian Min Putian 野蘆薈
Xianyou 野蘆薈, 山蘆薈
Wu Shanghai 龍舌蘭
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