Tuesday, 12 July 2022

Farming song

The lady in the video has asked people to teach their children this farming song. I think those learning the Teochew language should also learn to sing this song.

do mi so do mi so

dai6gê1 lai5 ciang3 zoh4cang5 go1

大家來唱作田歌|大家来唱作田歌

Everybody, come and sing a farming song

zoh4cang5 go1 ciang3 zoh4cang5 nang5

作田歌唱作田人

Farming song sung by farmers

zoh4cang5 u6nang5 m6sio1dang5

作田有人唔相同

Farming has people who are not the same

u6nang5 cang5di7 sên1 gim1bo2

有人田地生金寶|有人田地生金宝

Some people’s farming land produces something precious

u6nang5 cang5di7 sên1 ngiao1mo5

有人田地生貓毛|有人田地生猫毛

Cat’s fur arises from some people’s field

u6nang5 bhou2 cang5 za2 dang1 siu1 boih4 bêh4

有人畝田早冬收八百|有人亩田早冬收八百

Some people a unit of land harvest 800 from winter sowing

u6nang5 zêg8 bhou2 zian3 siu1 si3 bêh4 do1

有人一畝正收四百多|有人一亩正收四百多

Some people’s (field) one unit only harvest just over 400

 Word List – our Teochew specific words are marked with 潮

m6sio1dang5 潮

唔相同

not the same

zoh4cang5

作田

to farm, to work in the fields

cang5di7

田地

farmland, field

cang5hng5

田園|田园

farmland, field

gim1bo2

金寶|金宝

something precious

ngiao1mo5

貓毛|猫毛

cat’s fur

bhou2

畝|亩

Chinese classifier of land

zian3 潮

正

only

Just one point: To sing - ciang3go1 唱歌 is said by some people as cio3gua1, especially amongst overseas Teochew people.



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