Dutch thee adapts the Southern Min te-type pronunciation with Dutch spelling conventions.
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thee
tea
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedXiamen Min Chinese · Southern Min, attested in modern descriptions · tea beverage茶
tea
OPEN NODE 230 ↗01
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The meaning remains tea.
Dutch commercial contact with Xiamen and wider Asian maritime trade intensified in the seventeenth century.
Östen Dahl
established — WALS explicitly connects Dutch contacts at Amoy/Xiamen with Dutch thee.
reviewed
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Chapter 138: TeaChapter 138, discussion of Min Nan and Dutch contacts
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Connects forms such as Min Nan te55 with Dutch thee through contact at Amoy/Xiamen.
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