《石仓契约》方音俗字考释二则

Two Etymological Notes of Dialect Characters in Shicang Qiyue

一,石仓契约文书中的地名“冾湖”和“洽湖”即“合湖”,今作“蛤湖”。当地客家话“合、蛤”同音。二,“桕”在石仓契约文书中写作“椿、樁”,因当地音如“春”。这可能是个吴语借词,但经过本方言的音系调整。

The place name Qiahu冾湖in documents in Shicang Qiyue is actually Hehu合湖,which is written as Gehu蛤湖today.He合and Ge蛤have the same pronunciation in Shicang Hakka dialect.Jiu桕was written as Chun椿or Zhuang樁in documents in Shicang Qiyue because they have the same pronunciation in local dialect.It may have been borrowed from Wu dialects which is adjusted by the phonological system of local dialect.