really know where u stay?

[hotdoggie]

ever wonder how towns in sg got their names... and wat it really means.

give a try...
(clue: think mrt stations)

1) means 'cemetry' in hokkien and 'new' in malay

2) a derivative of the malay word meaning 'voracious shark'

3) hokkien and teochew name meaning 'river's end'

4) derived from hokkien phrase meaning 'westerner bridge'

5) means 'oil pond' in

Comments

[runecircle]

very cool post

[hotdoggie]

thanks... who knows one day there'll b a Molepunch Street. =P

[runecircle]

hah i'll fill the street with garbage so no one but me will live there hehe

[agooddaytolive]

I have been trying to sort it all out before when I was bored on the MRT, thanks for clarifying some for me.

[hotdoggie]

so now u know... u stayin on the 'red land'... also known as the 'red cliff'.
=P

[zenhiao]

if you didn't post the answers i could have shown off,
but then i have the book.
actually i have two.
and some of the derivations or stories vary.

8-)

[hotdoggie]

lol... i wanted to leave the answers out but tot maybe by the time i post the answers will be few days later.

maybe will can put up a part 2 and leave the answers out... or u can do it since u hav the book. heh. =)

[miak]

:) i didn't know that! (probably because i am cantonese....)

[hotdoggie]

lol... actually even if i know malay, i might not know some cos of the mispelling.
or even if i know wat it means... might not know how it was derived till i read about the reasons... like 'wet rice'. dunno if there is a place in sg which means 'sticky rice' in malay or some dialects. =P

[pogi_points]

i know what 12 is... hehehe toa payoh... wonder who lives there