#TodayILearned that the formerly-ubiquitous mode of Indonesian transportation, the pedal-rickshaw or “becak”, got its name from the Hokkien (Fujian) language 馬車 (bé chhia) “horse-cart”.
https://awazo.com/article/becak_running_with_parents_and.html
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2025-01-03 05:19:42
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