เกี๊ยะเซี้ยะ

[chinnotes]

As for the word เกี๊ยะเซี้ยะ I have some difficulties:

1) The word is not in my RID (2542 = 1999 issue), although it is in common use in the newspapers... there is only the word เกี๊ยะ which means a kind of Chinese style shoe (partly made from wood), but this word has –I think- nothing to do with เกี๊ยะเซี้ยะ. Why is เกี๊ยะเซี้ยะ not listed in the said book, although the word is in common use?

2) In the internet I find three different tones of the 2nd part of the word: , เกี๊ยะเซี้ยะ , เกี๊ยะเซี๊ยะ , andเกี๊ยะเซียะ. Which one is correct?

3) I find เกี๊ยะเซี้ยะ + กับ (or กัน respectively), as in “เกี๊ยะเซี้ยะกับประชาชน” and “เกี๊ยะเซียะกัน”

I also find เกี๊ยะเซี้ยะ +ต่อ as in “เกี๊ยะเซี้ยะต่อกัน”

And I find เกี๊ยะเซี้ยะ plus direct object, as in “หากสนธิเกี๊ยะเซี้ยะทักษิณ”

Which kind is correct? All three?

(by the way, I am quite sure that this word is a recent loan from Chinese 接洽 (jiéqià) which means to arrange with, to consult with)

Any help would be much appreciated…

Thank you in advance, Erwin

[Richard W]

2) In the internet I find three different tones of the 2nd part of the word: , เกี๊ยะเซี้ยะ , เกี๊ยะเซี๊ยะ , andเกี๊ยะเซียะ. Which one is correct?

All three represent the pronunciation [HS]kia[HS]sia - diphthongs followed by sara a are *all* short as far as the tone rules are concerned. The spelling with mai tri on the second syllable is definitely wrong - mai tri and mai chattawa may only be used with mid consonants, because these marks are only needed with mid consonants.

[yoot]

The correct writing base on the original Taechew Dialect should be เกี้ยเซี้ย. It means to conciliate and compromise.

[chinnotes]

Thank you, Richard W. and yoot. Now that I know that the correct writing should be เกี้ยเซี้ย, I found much more information on this word...

Erwin