English

got

/ɡɒt/
Expressing obligation; used with have.

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    Origin

    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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    • semantic loanChinese有 “to have; to possess (when a subject is present)”
      • semantic loanHokkien有
        • semantic loanCantonese有
          • semantic loanMandarin有
            • semantic loanMalayada

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