# 沓沓
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tàtà
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˋ ㄊㄚˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daap$^6$ daap$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tàtà
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ ㄊㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tàtà
*** Wade–Giles: tʻa$^4$-tʻa$^4$
*** Yale: tà-tà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tahtah
*** Palladius: тата (tata)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰä⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daap$^6$ daap$^6$
*** Yale: daahp daahp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daap$^9$ daap$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dab$^6$ dab$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːp̚² taːp̚²/
* Middle Chinese: dop dop
Rime :
| Character | 沓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 合 (160) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 徒合切 |
| Baxter | dop |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dʌp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dəp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɒp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dəp̚/ |
| Li Rong | /dᴀp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /dɒp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /dʱăp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dá |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | daap$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-rˤəp m-rˤəp/
    (Zhengzhang): /*duːb duːb/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 沓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tà |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dop › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-rˁəp/ |
| English | join, unite |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 沓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1919 |
| Phonetic component | 沓 |
| Rime group | 緝 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 沓 |
| Old Chinese | /*duːb/ |

#### Adjective

沓沓
* (archaic) wordy; talkative; verbose
* (archaic) quick; rapid

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ta̍uh-ta̍uh
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ta̍uh-ta̍uh
*** Tâi-lô: ta̍uh-ta̍uh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dauqdauh
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tau(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tauʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tau(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tauʔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tauʔ¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tau(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tauʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tauʔ⁴/

#### Adverb

沓沓
* (Hokkien) continuously; constantly; always
    From: 1964, 至好朋友就是耶穌 (What a Friend We Have in Jesus), in 《聖詩》
    Sim-koaⁿ siông-siông sit-lo̍h pêng-an, Ta̍uh-ta̍uh khòa-lū kan-khó͘ sū [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    [Our] hearts often lose peace, constantly worrying about hardships [literal translation] O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear [original lyrics]
* (Hokkien) placed after monosyllable adjectives to indicate a high intensity

##### Synonyms

* (continuously):
* 一連／一连 (yīlián)
* 不斷／不断 (bùduàn)
* 先後／先后 (xiānhòu)
* 前後／前后 (qiánhòu)
* 勿斷／勿断 ($^8$veq-doe) (Wu)
* 接連／接连 (jiēlián)
* 接連不斷／接连不断 (jiēliánbùduàn)
* 直透 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 相繼／相继 (xiāngjì)
* 紛紛／纷纷 (fēnfēn)
* 絡繹／络绎 (luòyì) (literary)
* 連／连
* 連紲／连绁 (Hokkien)
* 連續／连续 (liánxù)
* 連連／连连 (liánlián)
* 陸續／陆续 (lùxù)
* 陸陸續續／陆陆续续 (lùlùxùxù)

##### Derived terms

* 𠕇沓
* 沓沓仔
* 洘沓
* 洘沓沓
* 𤲍沓沓
* 闊沓沓／阔沓沓