Hainaneseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Hainan +‎ -ese. Doublet of Hainamese and Hailamese.

形容詞

Hainanese (comparative more Hainanese, superlative most Hainanese)

1. Of or relating to the island of Hainan, its people and their diaspora.
   • 1977, Sarasin Viraphol, Tribute and Profit: Sino-Siamese Trade 1652–1853‎, Harvard University Press, pages 188–189:

     Because of the comparatively shorter distance, Hainanese merchants could use smaller vessels, usually constructed of fir and other inferior woods, which they customarily furnished with masts, rudders, and wooden anchors, availing themselves of the abundance of material in Champa and Cambodia which lay on their route to Bangkok.

固有名詞

Hainanese

1. A group of Min Chinese dialects spoken on the island of Hainan and its diaspora.
   • 1892, Report of the American Presbyterian Mission in Canton, China for the Year 1891‎, Canton, page 48:

     Mr. MELROSE, though engaged in the study of the Hainanese language, has found time to open and give daily supervision to a Boy's School.

   • 1984, NUSA: Linguistic Studies in Indonesian and Languages in Indonesia‎, volume 19, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21, column 1:

     It is not easy to decide from which dialect of Chinese some of the loanwords derive, and this may explain why Philip Leo does not list any as coming from Hainanese nor Tiociu.

派生語

参考

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Hainanese terms

名詞

Hainanese pl (plural only)

1. The inhabitants of the island of Hainan and its diaspora
   • 1970, William E. Willmott, The Political Structure of the Chinese Community in Cambodia‎, Athlone Press, page v:

     I needed an interpreter in only one interview, that with an elderly Hainanese from Kompong-Trach.

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code hnm (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Hainanese, hnm ⁠