Toa Payoh

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Names
English: Toa Payoh
Chinese: 大巴窑
(Pinyin: )
Malay: Toa Payoh
Tamil:

'Toa' in the Hokkien (Fujian) dialect of Chinese means 'big', but 'Payoh' –- and it's always spelt as a single word even though it consists of 2 syllables -– is a corruption of the Malay 'Paya'. Hence, Toa Payoh is a place name made up of a Hokkien Chinese adjective, qualifying a corrupted Malay noun.