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(Created page with "== Xiamen == * Reached by the Portuguese in 1541 * China's main port in the 19th century for exporting tea * English words from Amoy or Hokkien: ** "tea", through Dutch ''thee'', from Amoy ''tee'' ** "cumshaw", from Hokkien ''kafmsia'' ** "Pekoe", possibly from ''peqhøo'' or ''peqhoef'' ** "Japan", possibly from ''Jidpurn'' ** "ketchup", possibly from ''køeciab'' (fish sauce)")
 
 
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* Reached by the Portuguese in 1541
* Reached by the Portuguese in 1541
* China's main port in the 19th century for exporting tea
* China's main port in the 19th century for exporting tea
* English words from Amoy or Hokkien:
* English words from Amoy or the local [[Hokkiexn-oe|Hokkien]]:
** "tea", through Dutch ''thee'', from Amoy ''[[tee]]''
** "tea", through Dutch ''thee'', from Amoy ''[[tee]]''
** "cumshaw", from Hokkien ''[[kafmsia]]''
** "cumshaw", from Hokkien ''[[kafmsia]]''

Latest revision as of 15:33, 27 July 2025

Xiamen

  • Reached by the Portuguese in 1541
  • China's main port in the 19th century for exporting tea
  • English words from Amoy or the local Hokkien:
    • "tea", through Dutch thee, from Amoy tee
    • "cumshaw", from Hokkien kafmsia
    • "Pekoe", possibly from peqhøo or peqhoef
    • "Japan", possibly from Jidpurn
    • "ketchup", possibly from køeciab (fish sauce)