kua1 niam 怀念

挂念 is not a word, its from cantonese.

it should be kua niam. 怀念

Just stumbled across this thread. Pure hainanese reporting in.
I'm from Penang by the way. Any Hainanese from Penang here?

Let me ask some senior.

Kia is 仔 isn't it ?

I remember 十月怀胎 is Tap Guay Hwai Hai

I still stand that 怀 is either read as Hwai or Ywai depends on different pronunciation.

Kua could be 裹

Hainanese uses lot of ancient wording  such as Chopsticks as 箸 du  & Egg as 卵 nui.

So can't use more modern language like Cantonese to interprete.