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Hainamese

Hainamese 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 Hainam.

Adjective

Hainamese (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 Hainam

Proper noun

Hainamese

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

Noun

Hainamese pl (plural only)

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

Synonyms of Hainamese

Origin of Hainamese

From Hainam + -ese. Doublet of Hainanese and Hailamese.

Questions about Hainamese

What does Hainamese mean?
Hainamese 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 Hainam.
What part of speech is Hainamese?
Hainamese can be an adjective, a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Hainamese in the dictionary

  1. haimuras
  2. hain
  3. hain't
  4. Hainai
  5. Hainam
  6. Hainamese
  7. Hainan
  8. Hainan gibbon
  9. Hainan gibbons
  10. Hainan minnow
  11. Hainan minnows

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