sinkehn.

Brit.

/ˈsɪŋkeɪ/, U.S.

/ˈsɪŋkeɪ/, Singapore and Malaysian English

/ˈsiŋˌke/

Inflections: Plural sinkehs, unchanged.

Forms: 1800s sin-kheh, 1800s– singkeh, 1800s– sinkeh, 1800s– sinkek, 1800s– sinkheh, 1900s– singkek, 1900s– singkheh, 1900s– singkhek, 1900s– sinkhek.

Origin: A borrowing from Malay. Etymon: Malay singkeh.

Etymology: < Malay singkek, singkeh, singke recent immigrant from China (now chiefly historical) < Chinese (Hokkien) sin kheh < sin new + kheh newcomer from outside.

Now historical.

In Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia: a newcomer, esp. a labourer, recently arrived from China.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > new inhabitant

new-comeOE

new-cominga1387

foreigner1422

stranger1447

newcomerc1450

new face?a1513

new comeling1587

come-o'-will1815

settler1815

newie1856

sinkeh1878

new kid1894

ring-neck1898

blow-in1908

malihini1914

mystery1937

new jack1988

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > new or inexperienced

greenhorn1790

greener1876

sinkeh1878

tenderfoot1881

1878 London & China Tel. 15 Apr. 348/1 Out of 9,758 Sinkehs who reached Singapore, only 2,635 were placed in depots.

1927 R. J. H. Sidney In Brit. Malaya To-day 145 The Secret Societies were really Friendly Societies which each sinkeh (new-comer) joined.

1972 C. M. Turnbull Straits Settlements 1826–67 i. 44 The employer obtained full right to their labour for a period usually of one year, during which the sinkhehs were fed, clothed, housed and given a small allowance.

1986 J. F. Warren Rickshaw Coolie ii. 15 The majority of singkeh back in 1881 came from the lowest stratum of Chinese society in China without skills or capital.

2005 A. Reid Indonesian Frontier ix. 200 The Chinese authorities in Amoy forbade the emigration of sinkhehs who had not at least nominally prepaid their passages.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sinkeh
释义	sinkehn. Brit. /ˈsɪŋkeɪ/, U.S. /ˈsɪŋkeɪ/, Singapore and Malaysian English /ˈsiŋˌke/ Inflections: Plural sinkehs, unchanged. Forms: 1800s sin-kheh, 1800s– singkeh, 1800s– sinkeh, 1800s– sinkek, 1800s– sinkheh, 1900s– singkek, 1900s– singkheh, 1900s– singkhek, 1900s– sinkhek. Origin: A borrowing from Malay. Etymon: Malay singkeh. Etymology: < Malay singkek, singkeh, singke recent immigrant from China (now chiefly historical) < Chinese (Hokkien) sin kheh < sin new + kheh newcomer from outside. Now historical. In Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia: a newcomer, esp. a labourer, recently arrived from China. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > new inhabitant new-comeOE new-cominga1387 foreigner1422 stranger1447 newcomerc1450 new face?a1513 new comeling1587 come-o'-will1815 settler1815 newie1856 sinkeh1878 new kid1894 ring-neck1898 blow-in1908 malihini1914 mystery1937 new jack1988 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > new or inexperienced greenhorn1790 greener1876 sinkeh1878 tenderfoot1881 1878 London & China Tel. 15 Apr. 348/1 Out of 9,758 Sinkehs who reached Singapore, only 2,635 were placed in depots. 1927 R. J. H. Sidney In Brit. Malaya To-day 145 The Secret Societies were really Friendly Societies which each sinkeh (new-comer) joined. 1972 C. M. Turnbull Straits Settlements 1826–67 i. 44 The employer obtained full right to their labour for a period usually of one year, during which the sinkhehs were fed, clothed, housed and given a small allowance. 1986 J. F. Warren Rickshaw Coolie ii. 15 The majority of singkeh back in 1881 came from the lowest stratum of Chinese society in China without skills or capital. 2005 A. Reid Indonesian Frontier ix. 200 The Chinese authorities in Amoy forbade the emigration of sinkhehs who had not at least nominally prepaid their passages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1878
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