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Why do we call Malay People "Hun Na"?
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Try google the next time.
http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?/topic/16823-what-is-the-chinese-equivalent-of-huan-namalay/
http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?/topic/16823-what-is-the-chinese-equivalent-of-huan-namalay/
Thanks. So "Huan" is like meaning "Tribe" and "Na" meaning "Child or Kid".
So "Huan Na" means we call them "tribe people" or aboriginals?
So "Huan Na" means we call them "tribe people" or aboriginals?
native pygmies, because early malays were smaller in stature and size. it can also mean wild child, for those who like to rhyme and have a poetic inclination.
Don't forget we also use the term "huan-na-lang"
Taiwanese call their tribal people like alishan people "huan-na" and "huan-kea"
You go to the Philippines the Filipino Chinese also call the Filipinos "huan-kea" and "huan-lang"
Here in Thailand I have heard Teochew Thais calling local Thais "huan" or "huan-nang"
Sometimes when these people use such words its sort of a little derogatory.
Taiwanese call their tribal people like alishan people "huan-na" and "huan-kea"
You go to the Philippines the Filipino Chinese also call the Filipinos "huan-kea" and "huan-lang"
Here in Thailand I have heard Teochew Thais calling local Thais "huan" or "huan-nang"
Sometimes when these people use such words its sort of a little derogatory.
Tribe is the direct translation. It also refering to the red indians tribe in hokkien known as "qi huan" , no idea why is "qi huan" and not "ang huan" as qi in hokkien means green. "ang" then is red. I guess pple trying to link huan na with red indians life .
aha you reminded me of another one - "sua-huan"
Huan Na Kia... Tribe kids.
I'm surprize, keling is not hokkien...
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keling
I'm surprize, keling is not hokkien...
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keling
Literal translation means "dig the earth', maybe bumuiputra? sons of the soil?? or something else. The older ones call them that, , the Indians, "kek leng kwei" ( Indian devil), or the Eurasians, "chow hair" ( Smelly prawns). They must have a reason for that.
I find 'geow tor" a little insulting.
Loosely translating it, "geow" means "dig" and "tor" means "m&d"? I dunno how this come about but rather rude lah.
"Huan Nah" not so bad. Based on what is being shared by the bruuders here it roughly means "original native".
Loosely translating it, "geow" means "dig" and "tor" means "m&d"? I dunno how this come about but rather rude lah.
"Huan Nah" not so bad. Based on what is being shared by the bruuders here it roughly means "original native".
Becos of the same colour skin as that of soil lor !
malay muslims. tsk tsk.
Are they Hock Chew or something..where on Redifusion ages ago, they have a story telling hour...that ends a almost every sentence with a 'clack'. the same one??
Yeah is indeed insulting...any idea why is chinese known as "teng lang" ? From what i know ang moh call chinese among themselves as pigs
is that also insulting ?
My grandma calls malays huang kia is it huan kia?
Not Hock Chew- that is another dialect group.
Not sure about the "clack", I only knows Hokkien when young.
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