Amoyadj.n.

Brit.

/əˈmɔɪ/, U.S.

/ɑˈmɔɪ/,

/əˈmɔɪ/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Amoy.

Etymology: < Amoy (Chinese Xiàmén), the name in English of the island and city of Xiamen in Fujian province, south-east China (1588 or earlier) < a Chinese (Hokkien) regional (Amoy) pronunciation of the characters corresponding to (Mandarin) Xiàmén, literally ‘mansion gate’, the official form of the name (17th cent. or earlier); a homophonous form with the literal meaning ‘lower gate’ (with a different initial character) is also found in local popular use.A late 19th-cent. source suggests that in English the name could be pronounced with initial /ei-/, which comes closer to the sound of the Hokkien form of the initial character than the usual modern pronunciation. With this compare also French Émoui, the name of Amoy (18th cent. or earlier).

A. adj.

Designating the southern Fujian (Hokkien) dialect of Chinese spoken by the people of Amoy (Xiamen); of or relating to this language.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [adjective] > of Chinese > of dialects of

Hokkien1832

Amoy1844

Cantonese1857

Hakka1881

Wu1908

Szechuanese1918

wenyan1936

Hunanese1937

Gan1943

Min1959

Yi1960

Teochew1970

yüeh1978

1844 W. J. Pohlman Let. 17 Sept. in Christian Intelligencer (1845) 1 May 165/6 I have called a teacher, and made some progress in the Amoy dialect. It is widely different from the dialect I have already learned.

1866 Canad. Jrnl. Apr. 93 The Amoy name [for ‘tea’] was introduced into the Western European languages.

1917 S. Couling Encycl. Sinica 143/1 The Amoy dialect, spoken by some ten millions of people, differs very widely from the book-language.

1999 D. P. Branner Probl. Compar. Chinese Dialectology 400 The Shiahtsuen word for ‘barnyard grass’ has unexpected nasalization, as does the Amoy word for ‘nose’.

B. n.

The southern Fujian (Hokkien) dialect of Chinese spoken by the people of Amoy (Xiamen).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [noun] > Chinese > dialects of

Pekingese1849

Hakka1864

Amoy1880

Cantonese1883

Yunnanese1927

Tonkinese1934

Gan1943

Szechuanese1947

Hunanese1948

Min1948

Yüeh1954

Teochew1962

Shanghainese1964

Sze Yap1964

Wu1964

1880 A. H. Sayce Introd. Sci. of Lang. II. vi. 48 Chinese:—Amoy, Cantonese or Kong, Foochow, Punti, Shanghai, Mandarin.

1948 R. A. D. Forrest Chinese Lang. xi. 232 Hainanese has a basis in common Min, and seems to build its peculiar features on the traits of Amoy and Swatow where these diverge from the rest of the group.

1991 Internat. Jrnl. Lexicogr. 4 84 The modern Sinitic vernaculars (Pekingese, Amoy, Swatow, [etc.]).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amoy
释义	Amoyadj.n. Brit. /əˈmɔɪ/, U.S. /ɑˈmɔɪ/, /əˈmɔɪ/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Amoy. Etymology: < Amoy (Chinese Xiàmén), the name in English of the island and city of Xiamen in Fujian province, south-east China (1588 or earlier) < a Chinese (Hokkien) regional (Amoy) pronunciation of the characters corresponding to (Mandarin) Xiàmén, literally ‘mansion gate’, the official form of the name (17th cent. or earlier); a homophonous form with the literal meaning ‘lower gate’ (with a different initial character) is also found in local popular use.A late 19th-cent. source suggests that in English the name could be pronounced with initial /ei-/, which comes closer to the sound of the Hokkien form of the initial character than the usual modern pronunciation. With this compare also French Émoui, the name of Amoy (18th cent. or earlier). A. adj. Designating the southern Fujian (Hokkien) dialect of Chinese spoken by the people of Amoy (Xiamen); of or relating to this language. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [adjective] > of Chinese > of dialects of Hokkien1832 Amoy1844 Cantonese1857 Hakka1881 Wu1908 Szechuanese1918 wenyan1936 Hunanese1937 Gan1943 Min1959 Yi1960 Teochew1970 yüeh1978 1844 W. J. Pohlman Let. 17 Sept. in Christian Intelligencer (1845) 1 May 165/6 I have called a teacher, and made some progress in the Amoy dialect. It is widely different from the dialect I have already learned. 1866 Canad. Jrnl. Apr. 93 The Amoy name [for ‘tea’] was introduced into the Western European languages. 1917 S. Couling Encycl. Sinica 143/1 The Amoy dialect, spoken by some ten millions of people, differs very widely from the book-language. 1999 D. P. Branner Probl. Compar. Chinese Dialectology 400 The Shiahtsuen word for ‘barnyard grass’ has unexpected nasalization, as does the Amoy word for ‘nose’. B. n. The southern Fujian (Hokkien) dialect of Chinese spoken by the people of Amoy (Xiamen). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [noun] > Chinese > dialects of Pekingese1849 Hakka1864 Amoy1880 Cantonese1883 Yunnanese1927 Tonkinese1934 Gan1943 Szechuanese1947 Hunanese1948 Min1948 Yüeh1954 Teochew1962 Shanghainese1964 Sze Yap1964 Wu1964 1880 A. H. Sayce Introd. Sci. of Lang. II. vi. 48 Chinese:—Amoy, Cantonese or Kong, Foochow, Punti, Shanghai, Mandarin. 1948 R. A. D. Forrest Chinese Lang. xi. 232 Hainanese has a basis in common Min, and seems to build its peculiar features on the traits of Amoy and Swatow where these diverge from the rest of the group. 1991 Internat. Jrnl. Lexicogr. 4 84 The modern Sinitic vernaculars (Pekingese, Amoy, Swatow, [etc.]). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1844
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