Example 20-154

巴笠巴舖孻士
bà làt bà pou làai sih
bàlàtbà
proper
poulàaisih
price
the proper price
Comment:
The words 'proper' and 'price' are each expressed using three syllables: bà làt bà and pou làai sih. Since the Chinese syllables used do not allow any consonant clusters, it is not clear whether such examples demonstrate vowel epenthesis or merely orthographic necessity.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Tong 1862: VI.2