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Hailamese

Hailamese adjective: of or relating to the linguistic variety under Coastal Min under Min Chinese of the Sinitic family and its speakers or people of heritage from Hailam.

Adjective

Hailamese (not comparable)

  1. (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Southeast Asia) of or relating to the linguistic variety under Coastal Min under Min Chinese of the Sinitic family and its speakers or people of heritage from Hailam

Proper noun

Hailamese

  1. (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Southeast Asia) Hainanese (a linguistic variety of Coastal Min under Min Chinese of the Sinitic family)

Noun

Hailamese pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) the inhabitants of the island of Hailam
  2. (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, plural, plural-only, Southeast Asia) the people who trace their ancestry to Hailam or the surrounding area, especially those that ancestrally speak Hainanese.

Synonyms of Hailamese

Forms of Hailamese

alternative form (dated)Hylamese

Origin of Hailamese

From Hailam + -ese. Doublet of Hainanese and Hainamese.

Questions about Hailamese

What does Hailamese mean?
Hailamese means of or relating to the linguistic variety under Coastal Min under Min Chinese of the Sinitic family and its speakers or people of heritage from Hailam.
What part of speech is Hailamese?
Hailamese can be an adjective, a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Hailamese in the dictionary

  1. hail-shot
  2. hailable
  3. Hailaerh
  4. Hailakandi
  5. Hailam
  6. Hailamese
  7. Hailanpao
  8. Hailar
  9. Haile
  10. Haile alligator
  11. Haile alligators

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