The story
- Cantonese · borrowed from爾 /尔
- Hokkien · borrowed from余
- Taishanese · borrowed from余
- Cantonese · borrowed from余
- English todayYee
Borrowed from Cantonese 余 (jyu⁴) or Taishanese 余 (yi³) or Hokkien 余 (Î) or Cantonese 爾 /尔 (ji⁵).
Words from the same roots
Hokkien余 all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.