And it’s qt another thread of his, and basically… It’s no contest syiok/shiok/syok comes from Malay, but where did Malay got it? Apparently by way of Persian and it still exists in Malay, as “asyik”.
Another example is 烧/燒: “shao” in Mandarin, “sio” in Hokkien but SEA pronunciation closer to /sio/, while Mainland and Taiwan is /ɕio/. ɕ rendered in Pinyin is “x”.
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