Meanings
nounyamun (plural yamuns)
plural yamuns
- alternativeAlternative form of yamen.
[The] Hai Ie district yamun has a department whose sole business is the rental of fields alloted to resident troops.
1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “屯 (thûn)”, in A pronouncing and defining dictionary of the Swatow dialect, arranged according to syllables and tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 600
Origin
Irregular romanization of Mandarin 衙門／衙门 (yámen).
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