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🗣 Hor-kopøo/Hor-ko'pøo 🗣 (u: Hor-kof'pøo ⬆︎ ) 虎姑婆 [wt][mo][[MK]] Hóo-koo-pô [#]
1. (N) || 臺灣民間故事人物。是山上的老虎精,會化身為老太婆,在夜裡拐騙小孩並吞食裹腹,常被用來哄騙小孩趕快入睡。
🗣le: (u: Khaq kirn khuxn! Bøo, Hor'kof'pøo beq laai`aq.) 🗣 (較緊睏!無,虎姑婆欲來矣。) (趕快睡!不然,虎姑婆要來了。)
🗣 kopøo/ko'pøo 🗣 (u: kof'pøo ⬆︎ ) 姑婆 [wt][mo][[MK]] koo-pô [#]
1. (N) || 稱謂。稱祖父的姊妹或同輩女性親友。
2. (N) || 過了適婚年齡而還沒有出嫁的女性,通常帶有負面意涵。
🗣le: (u: lau'kof'pøo) 🗣 (老姑婆) (世俗稱未婚年長女性)

Maryknoll (17)
kof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
paternal aunt, maiden, tolerate, for the time being, meanwhile
姑
ko'pøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'pøo ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
paternal grandfather's sister or any old woman of same clan and same genealogical rank, respectful address to old woman of same surname, a dedicated church woman similar to a Sister
姑婆
pøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pøo ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
old woman
婆


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