[Ads-l] kwai fah —1936

[Barretts Mail]

Thank you! It seems likely that Cantonese is the origin, then. BB

> On 28 Apr 2017, at 06:14, W Brewer <brewerwa at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Meixian Hakka [kui.52] + [fa.44]  (~ "gwee-fah"),     Guangzhou Cantonese
> [kuɐi.33] + [fa.55~51]
> Lǐ Shǒuyè (李守業), 2003 (2nd rev. ed.)  Hànyǔ Fāngyīn Zìhuì, Běijīng: Yǔwén
> Chūbǎnshè (Běijīng Dàxué Zhōngguó Yǔyánxué Xì, Yǔyánxué Jiàoyán Shìbiān)
>  pp.16 & 168.

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