Etymology

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Today it means: Expressing obligation; used with have. Full definition →

Chinese 有 ← Hokkien 有 ← Cantonese 有
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  1. Malay · semantic loan fromada
  2. Mandarin · semantic loan from有
  3. Cantonese · semantic loan from有
  4. Hokkien · semantic loan from有
  5. Chinese · semantic loan from有
  6. English todaygot

Analogous to Chinese 有, such as Hokkien 有 (ū), Cantonese 有 (jau⁵), Mandarin 有 (yǒu). Sense 1 is also comparable to Malay ada.

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