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Selegie Road (colloquially known as tek-a-kah)

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释义

名词

实利基路（Selegie Road）的俗称。

DEFINITION

Noun

The colloquial name of Selegie Road.

由来
  • 实利基路是与桥北路（North Bridge Road）平行的第七条主要街道。
  • 实利基路是大马路至七马路中历史最悠久的道路。
  • 早期的实利基路旁有一座实利基山，是马来语名称 Bukit Selegi 的音译兼意译。在莱佛士爵士（Sir Stamford Raffles）登陆之前就有居民在山上种植甘蜜，但后来因为甘蜜需求大减，就停止种植了。
  • 由于七马路一带早期种植了大片竹林，因此七马路在福建话中也俗称为 tek-a-kah（竹仔脚）或 tek-a-kah tit kuey（竹仔脚直街）。
ETYMOLOGY
  • Selegie Road is the seventh major road that runs parallel to North Bridge Road.
  • It is the oldest among the seven major roads.
  • In the early days, there was a hill beside Selegie Road known as “实利基山”, which is a combination of the transliteration and paraphrase of the Malay name, Bukit Selegi. Gambier was being planted on the hill even before the arrival of Sir Stamford Raffles in Singapore, but this was later discontinued as the demand for gambier fell.
  • As there was a large expanse of bamboo planted around Selegie Road, the road was also colloquially known as tek-a-kah (“竹仔脚”, “underneath the bamboo plants”) or tek-a-kah tit kuey (“竹仔脚直街”, “straight lane underneath the bamboo plants”) in Hokkien.
例句
作为坡底七马路的孩子，我只要一踏出门口，马上就见车辆横冲直撞的街道。（《联合早报》，15/6/2017）
SAMPLE SENTENCE
As a kid who grew up on Selegie Road in the city centre, I would be greeted by the bustling sight of car traffic the moment I stepped out of my house. (Lianhe Zaobao, 15/6/2017)
参考资料
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