Etymology

Punti

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Today it means: A group of people who moved to Hong Kong during the Song Dynasty. Full definition →

Cantonese 本地
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The story

  1. Cantonese · borrowed from本地“local”
  2. English todayPunti

From a historical pronunciation of Cantonese 本地 (bun² dei⁶, “local”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.