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Datian Min Chinese dialect
The Houlu dialect (simplified Chinese: 后路话; traditional Chinese: 後路話; pinyin: Hòulùhuà) is a dialect of Datian Min, which is often classified as a part
Houlu_dialect
Sinitic language spoken in East Asia
Hokkien dialects Dongshan dialect (東山腔; Tang-soaⁿ khioⁿ) Yunxiao dialect (雲霄腔; Ûn-sio khioⁿ) Zhangpu dialect (漳浦腔; Chiuⁿ-phó͘ khioⁿ) Zhao'an dialect (詔安腔;
Hokkien
Southern Min language of China
Teochew, also known as Swatow or Teo-Swa after its two best-known dialects, is a Southern Min language spoken by the Teochew people in the Chaoshan region
Teochew_Min
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up houlu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Houlu may refer to: Houlu dialect, a variety of Chinese Houlu Township in Guiping, Guangxi, China This
Houlu
Primary branch of Sinitic spoken in southern China and Taiwan
Fujian. Amoy Hokkien is the prestige dialect of Hokkien in Fujian, while a majority of Taiwanese people speak a dialect called Taiwanese Hokkien or simply
Min_Chinese
Eastern Min Chinese language
linguistic definition Fuzhou is a language and not a dialect (conferring the variety a 'dialect' status is more socio-politically motivated than linguistic)
Fuzhou_dialect
Min Chinese dialects spoken on the island of Hainan
Wenchang dialect being the prestige dialect, and often used as a reference. Below is a table for the consonants of Hainanese across the dialects of Wenchang
Hainanese
Branch of the Min Chinese languages
Fujian), Eastern Guangdong, Hainan, and Southern Zhejiang. Southern Min dialects are also spoken by descendants of emigrants from these areas in diaspora
Southern_Min
Variety of Hokkien spoken in Taiwan
to Hokkien spoken in Xiamen (Amoy), Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou, as well as dialects used in Southeast Asia, such as Singaporean Hokkien, Penang Hokkien, Philippine
Taiwanese_Hokkien
Eastern Min dialect of Taiwan
The Matsu dialect (Eastern Min: Mā-cū-uâ / 馬祖話) is the local dialect of Matsu Islands, Taiwan. Native speakers also call it Bàng-huâ (平話), meaning the
Matsu_dialect
Romanization system of Southern Min Chinese languages
Henry Medhurst, who went on to publish the Dictionary of the Hok-këèn Dialect of the Chinese Language, According to the Reading and Colloquial Idioms
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
Min Chinese language
northern Fujian also speak Pu-Xian. There are minor differences between the dialects of Putian and Xianyou. Overseas populations of Pu-Xian speakers exist in
Pu–Xian_Min
Min Chinese dialect of China
reduced to two in checked syllables. Taiwanese Hokkien Teochew dialect List of Chinese dialects Min is believed to have split from Old Chinese, rather than
Leizhou_Min
Dialect of Hokkien spoken in parts of Malaysia
Hokkien, with extensive use of Malay and English loanwords. Compared to dialects in Fujian (福建; Hok-kiàn) province, it most closely resembles the variety
Penang_Hokkien
Dialect of Southern Min spoken in Quanzhou, Fujian
Quanzhou dialect has an intelligibility of 87.5% with the Amoy dialect and 79.7% with the urban Zhangzhou dialect. Before the 19th century, the dialect of Quanzhou
Quanzhou_dialects
Romanization system of the Fuzhou dialect of Eastern Min
平話字) or Fuzhou romanization (福州話羅馬字), is a Latin alphabet for the Fuzhou dialect of Eastern Min adopted in the middle of the 19th century by Western missionaries
Bàng-uâ-cê
Collection of Hokkien dialects
collection of Hokkien dialects spoken in southern Fujian province (in southeast China), centered on the city of Zhangzhou. The Zhangzhou dialect proper is the
Zhangzhou_dialects
Branch of the Min group of Sinitic languages of China
prestige form and most commonly cited representative form is the Fuzhou dialect, the speech of the capital of Fujian. Eastern Min varieties are mainly
Eastern_Min
Min Chinese dialect of Hainan, China
The Wenchang dialect (simplified Chinese: 文昌话; traditional Chinese: 文昌話; pinyin: Wénchānghuà) is a dialect of Hainanese spoken in Wenchang, a county-level
Wenchang_dialect
Variety of Southern Min
Lexical Features of Hai Lok Hong Haklau dialect]. 文化创新比较研究 (32). "Cháozhōuhuà pīnyīn fāng'àn / ChaoZhou Dialect Romanisation Scheme". sungwh.freeserve
Haklau_Min
Pu–Xian Min Chinese dialect
The Putian dialect (Pu–Xian Min: Pó-chéng-uā / 莆田話; [pʰɔu˩˩ lɛŋ˩˧ ua˩˩]) is a dialect of Pu–Xian Min Chinese spoken in urban area of Putian[further explanation
Putian_dialect
Dialect of Eastern Min
The Fu'an dialect (福安話) is a dialect of Eastern Min, which is a branch of Min Chinese spoken mainly in the eastern part of Fujian Province, China. The
Fu'an_dialect
Min Chinese dialect of Hainan, China
The Haikou dialect is a topolect of Chinese and a subvariety of Hainanese spoken in Haikou, the capital of the Hainan province and island of China. The
Haikou_dialect
Language
(Sanyuan and Meilie districts) and Sha County. Sanming dialect Yong'an dialect Shaxian dialect Min is believed to have split from Old Chinese, rather
Central_Min
Chinese language
Nanping dialect of the urban area of Nanping, which is an island of an isolated Mandarin dialect of uncertain affinity. The Jianyang and Jian'ou dialects are
Northern_Min
Dialect of Hokkien spoken in the Philippines
Philippine Hokkien is a dialect of the Hokkien language of the Southern Min branch of Min Chinese descended directly from Old Chinese of the Sinitic family
Philippine_Hokkien
Dialect of Hokkien spoken in the city of Xiamen
The Amoy dialect or Xiamen dialect (Chinese: 廈門話; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ē-mn̂g-ōe; pinyin: Xiàménhuà), also known as Amoyese, Amoynese, Amoy Hokkien, Xiamenese
Amoy_dialect
Southern Min dialect island in Sanxiang
closely related to the surrounding dialects in the region, which belong to the Yue group, and thus forms a "dialect island" of Min speakers. It is one
Sanxiang_dialect
Dialect of Teochew spoken in Pontianak, Indonesia
Pe̍h-ūe-jī: Khun-tiān Tiô-tsiu-uē; Indonesian: Bahasa Tiociu Pontianak) is a dialect of Teochew primarily spoken by the Chinese community in Pontianak, West
Pontianak_Teochew
Chinese dialect mostly spoken in the city of Zhanjiang
The Zhanjiang dialect is a dialect mostly spoken in Zhanjiang in Guangdong, China. It is a sub-dialect of Leizhou Min. Varieties of Chinese Min is believed
Zhanjiang_dialect
Central Min Chinese dialect
The Sanming dialect (Central Min: 三明事, Mandarin Chinese: 三明話) is a dialect of Central Min spoken in urban areas of Sanming, a prefecture-level city in
Sanming_dialect
Eastern Min Chinese dialect
Gutian dialect (Eastern Min: 古田話) is a dialect of Eastern Min spoken in Gutian, Ningde in northeastern Fujian province, China. The Gutian dialect has 15
Gutian_dialect
Pu–Xian Min Chinese dialect
The Xianyou dialect (Pu–Xian Min: Sing-iú-uā / 仙遊話; [ɬiŋ˨ iu˨˦ ua˨˩]) is a dialect of Pu–Xian Min Chinese spoken in Xianyou, Putian in the southeast coast
Xianyou_dialect
Eastern Min dialect of Guangdong, China
The Nanlang dialect is a variant of the Eastern Min Chinese predominantly spoken in Nanlang a town within Zhongshan in the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong
Nanlang_dialect
Eastern Min dialect of China
traditional Chinese: 蠻話; pinyin: Mánhuà; lit. 'Man speech'), is an Eastern Min dialect spoken mainly in Taishun and Cangnan Counties in Wenzhou, as well as parts
Manjiang_dialect
Chinese dialect spoken in parts of Indonesia
from Teochew, Deli Malay and Indonesian. It is predominantly a spoken dialect: Vernacular Hokkien, including Medan Hokkien, is traditionally passed down
Medan_Hokkien
Eastern Min dialect of Fuqing, China
The Fuqing dialect (simplified Chinese: 福清话; traditional Chinese: 福清話; pinyin: Fúqīnghuà, BUC: Hók-chiăng-uâ, IPA: [huʔ˥ tsʰiaŋ˥ ŋuɑ˦˨]), or Hokchia,
Fuqing_dialect
Dialect of Hokkien spoken in parts of Malaysia
Malaysian Hokkien is based on the Quanzhou dialects with some influence from the Amoy dialect. The dialect also contains loan words from Malay. This section
Southern Peninsular Malaysian Hokkien
Southern_Peninsular_Malaysian_Hokkien
Southern Min Chinese dialect
Chinese: 大田閩語; pinyin: Dàtián Mǐnyǔ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tōa-chhân bân-gú) or Datian dialect (simplified Chinese: 大田话; traditional Chinese: 大田話; pinyin: Dàtiánhuà 'Datian
Datian_Min
Dialect of Northern Min Chinese
The Jian'ou dialect (Northern Min: Gṳ̿ing-é-dī / 建甌事; Chinese: simplified Chinese: 建瓯话; traditional Chinese: 建甌話; pinyin: Jiàn'ōuhuà), also known as Kienow
Jian'ou_dialect
Northern Min Chinese spoken of Fujian, China
Gṳ̿ing-iô̤ng-dī / 建陽事) is a dialect of Northern Min Chinese spoken in Jianyang in the north of Fujian province. Jianyang dialect has 18 initials, 34 rimes
Jianyang_dialect
Reconstructed ancestor of Min languages
which he calls Old Southern Chinese. He argues that this dialect belonged to the group of dialects known as Wu (吳) or Jiangdong (江東) in the Western Jin period
Proto-Min
Shao-Jiang Min Chinese dialect
The Jiangle dialect is a dialect of Shao-Jiang Min Chinese spoken in Jiangle, Sanming in northwestern Fujian province, China. It combines elements from
Jiangle_dialect
Romanization for the Teochew language
Provincial Education Department in 1960. The system is based on the Swatow dialect. It uses the Latin alphabet, with numbers to denote tones. Before it was
Peng'im
Dialect of Teochew Min
The Swatow dialect, also known as the Shantou dialect, is a variety of Chinese mostly spoken in Shantou in Guangdong, China. It is typically classified
Swatow_dialect
Writing system for Taiwanese Hokkien
chiefly built for the Amoy dialect of Hokkien spoken in Taiwan, with some consideration for the Quanzhou and Zhangzhou dialects of Hokkien also spoken in
Taiwanese_kana
Chinese (Min) dialect
The three dialects are: Longdu dialect, spoken mainly in Shaxi and Dachong in the west of the prefecture, Nanlang dialect or Dongxiang dialect, spoken mainly
Zhongshan_Min
Dialect of Hokkien
The Longyan dialect or Longyanese is a variety of Hokkien spoken in the urban city area of Eastern Longyan in Fujian Province, while Hakka is spoken in
Longyan_dialect
Variety of Southern Min spoken in Fujian
Chawan dialect (simplified Chinese: 诏安话; traditional Chinese: 詔安話; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiàu-an-ōɛ) is a variety of Southern Min spoken in the Chawan (Zhao'an)
Chawan_dialect
Written form of the Hokkien language
Taiwanese literature movement Comparison of Hokkien writing systems Amoy dialect Singaporean Hokkien Penang Hokkien Mair, V. H. (2003). "How to Forget Your
Written_Hokkien
Dialect of Hokkien spoken in Singapore
linguistic academic circles, this dialect of Hokkien is known as Singaporean Minnan. It bears similarities with the Amoy dialect in Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien
Singaporean_Hokkien
Phonetic script for Taiwanese languages
indicating 31BB is preferred. Some extra symbols are used in other Taiwanese dialects: ㄬ [ɲ], ㄛ [o], ㄝ [ɛ], ㆨ [ɨ]. Images below are a collection of Taiwanese
Taiwanese_Phonetic_Symbols
Dialect of Teochew Min
Teoyeo dialect (simplified Chinese: 潮阳话; traditional Chinese: 潮陽話; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiô-iôⁿ-uē) is a dialect of Teochew Min spoken in the historical Teoyeo
Teoyeo_dialect
Eastern Min Chinese dialect
The Ningde dialect (Eastern Min: 寧德話) is a dialect of Eastern Min Chinese spoken in urban areas of Ningde, China, which is a prefecture-level city in
Ningde_dialect
Orthography system for Taiwanese Hokkien
Houlu dialect Haklau Min Zhenan Min Zhongshan Min Sanxiang dialect Pu–Xian Min (Hinghwa) Putian dialect Xianyou dialect Northern Min Jian'ou dialect Jianyang
Taiwanese_Hangul
Min Chinese language of Southern China
neither other Northern Min nor other Gan. Actually it is a collection of dialects which have limited mutual intelligibility with each other instead of a
Shao–Jiang_Min
Dialect of Hokkien
The Yongchun dialect (simplified Chinese: 永春话; traditional Chinese: 永春話; Tâi-lô: Íng-tshun-uē) is a dialect of the Hokkien language mostly spoken in Yongchun
Yongchun_dialect
Shao-Jiang Min Chinese dialect
The Shaowu dialect is a dialect of Shao-Jiang Min Chinese spoken in Shaowu, Nanping in northwestern Fujian province of China. It combines elements from
Shaowu_dialect
Variety of Southern Min
and Hokkien–Taiwanese. Zhenan Min, in proximity to the Wenzhou dialect and Jinxiang dialect, has also borrowed some influences from Wu Chinese, such as voiced
Zhenan_Min
Dialect of Hokkien
The Hui'an dialect (simplified Chinese: 惠安话; traditional Chinese: 惠安話; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hūi-oaⁿ-ōe) is a variety of Chinese mostly spoken in Hui'an in South
Hui'an_dialect
Central Min Chinese dialect of Fujian, China
Shaxian dialect (Central Min: 沙縣事, Mandarin Chinese: 沙縣話) is a dialect of Central Min Chinese spoken in Sha County, Sanming in Western Fujian Province
Shaxian_dialect
Writing system for the Teochew language
similar to Pe̍h-ōe-jī used to write the Teochew language (including Swatow dialect). It was introduced by John Campbell Gibson and William Duffus, two British
Teochew_Romanization
Dialect of Eastern Min Chinese
The Xiapu dialect (Chinese: 霞浦話; pinyin: Xiápǔ huà; Bàng-uâ-cê: Hà-puō-uâ) is a dialect of Eastern Min Chinese spoken in Xiapu, Ningde in northeastern
Xiapu_dialect
Central Min Chinese dialect
The Yong'an dialect (Central Min: 永安事, Mandarin Chinese: 永安話) is a Central Min dialect spoken in Yong'an, Sanming in Western Fujian Province, China. The
Yong'an_dialect
approximately ten thousand characters based on the earlier form of the Fuzhou dialect. First compiled in the 17th century, it is the pioneering work of all written
Qi_Lin_Bayin
District of Longyan, Fujian Province, China
Baishi, Banwei, Beihe, Beishan, Chencun, Chicun, Daji, Dongnan, Honglin, Houlu, Huangzhuang, Jiudou, Kexi, Libang, Longkang, Loudun, Meitou, Minci, Pingkeng
Xinluo,_Longyan
Phonology of the Hokkien language
apart from Hokkien and Teochew. It is divided into two dialects, Qianlu (the 'Frontlect') and Houlu, the former lying closer to Hokkien, and the latter having
Hokkien_phonology
1918–1920 global influenza pandemic
have substantially higher mortality rate. A published influenza survey in Houlu County, Hebei Province, found that the case fatality rate was 9.77% and
Spanish_flu
HOULU DIALECT
HOULU DIALECT
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : from a dialect form of the personal name Lawrence.
Surname or Lastname
English (northern England)
English (northern England) : habitational name from places called Hoole, in Cheshire and Lancashire. The former is so called from the Old English dative case hole of holh ‘hollow’, ‘depression’; the latter from Middle English hule ‘hut’, ‘shelter’ (Old English hulu ‘husk’, ‘covering’). In both cases the final -e is now silent in the place name, but has been retained in the surname, with consequent alteration in the spelling.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from the medieval personal name Masselin. This originated as an Old French pet form of Germanic names with the first element mathal ‘speech’, ‘counsel’. However, it was later used as a pet form of Matthew. Compare Mace. A feminine form, Mazelina, was probably originally a pet form of Matilda.English and French : possibly a metonymic occupational name for a maker of wooden bowls, from Middle English, Old French maselin ‘bowl or goblet of maple wood’ (a diminutive of Old French masere ‘maple wood’, of Germanic origin). In some cases it may derive from the homonymous dialect terms maslin, one of which means ‘brass’ (Old English mæslen, mæstling), the other ‘mixed grain’ (Old French mesteillon).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname or occupational name for a servant of someone called Luck (a variant of Luke).North German (Luckmann) : topographic name from the dialect term luke ‘hollow’, ‘hole’.Dutch : derivative of the personal name Luc (see Lucas).Dutch : habitational name for someone from Luik, the Dutch name of Liège in Belgium.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a stonemason, Anglo-Norman French machun, a Norman dialect variant of Old French masson (see Mason).
Surname or Lastname
North German (Lüttmann)
North German (Lüttmann) : variant of Lüdemann (see Ludemann).North German (Lüttmann) : nickname for a small man, from Low German dialect lütt ‘small’.English : nickname for a small, light man (see Light).
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname for someone who behaved in a masterful manner, or an occupational name for someone who was master of his craft or a schoolmaster, from Middle English maister (Old French maistre, Latin magister). In early instances this surname was often borne by people who were franklins or other substantial freeholders, presumably because they had laborers under them to work their lands. In Scotland Master was the title given to administrators of medieval hospitals, as well as being born by the eldest sons of barons; thus, the surname may also have been acquired as a metonymic occupational name by someone in the service of such.Either a dialect form or an Americanized form of German Meister.Indian (Gujarat and Bombay city) : Parsi occupational name for someone who was a master of his craft, from the English word master.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Major 1.French : from the same personal name as 1, or from a short form of the personal name Amauger, from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements amal ‘strength’, ‘vigor’ + gÄr, gÄ“r ‘spear’.South German : dialect variant of Maunker, nickname for a morose person.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Old English mynecen ‘nun’ (a derivative of munuc ‘monk’).French : from a diminutive of Picard minche, a dialect form of French mince ‘slender’, ‘thin’.Bulgarian : from a pet form of the female personal name Dimitra, from Greek Dēmētrios (see Demetriou).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Messenger.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a brazier, from an agent derivative of Middle High German messinc ‘brass’, German Messing, from Greek mossynoikos (khalkos) ‘Mossynoecan bronze’, named after the people of northeastern Asia Minor who first produced the alloy.German : habitational name from Mössingen in Baden-Württemberg (Messingen in the local dialect), which is recorded as Masginga in 789, probably from the personal name Masco + ingen, suffix of relationship.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a worker in wool, Middle English woll (Old English wull).English : in southwestern England, a topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, from Middle English wolle, wulle ‘spring’, ‘stream’, a western dialect development of Old English (West Saxon) wiell(a).Americanized form of French Houle.
Surname or Lastname
French
French : from a reduced form of the Germanic personal name Hildo (see Hildebrand, Houde).French : habitational name from any of several places in Normandy called La Houle or Les Houles, named in Old French with the singular or plural of houle ‘cave’.English : variant of Hole.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : topographic name for someone who lived near a tumulus, mound or hill, Middle English lowe, from Old English hlÄw (see Law 2).Scottish and English : nickname for a short man, from Middle English lah, lowe (Old Norse lágr; the word was adopted first into the northern dialects of Middle English, where Scandinavian influence was strong, and then spread south, with regular alteration of the vowel quality).English and Scottish (of Norman origin) : nickname for a violent or dangerous person, from Anglo-Norman French lou, leu ‘wolf’ (Latin lupus). Wolves were relatively common in Britain at the time when most surnames were formed, as there still existed large tracts of uncleared forest.Scottish : from a pet form of Lawrence. Compare Lowry 1.Americanized spelling of Jewish Lowe.
Surname or Lastname
Austrian
Austrian : occupational name for a cowherd, Chüyger in the Tyrolean dialect, from Kühe ‘cows’ (plural of Kuh) + -er suffix of agent nouns.English and Scottish : possibly a variant spelling of Kear.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a medieval personal name brought to England by the Normans, of uncertain origin. It may be the Hebrew personal name Lot ‘covering’, which was relatively popular in northern France, or a reduced form of various names formed with the diminutive suffix -lot (originally a combination of -el + -ot), commonly used with women’s names.English : from Middle English lot(t)e ‘lot’, ‘portion’ (Old English hlot), in the sense of an allotted share of land, hence a status name for someone who held such a plot.Dutch : metonymic occupational name for a plumber or lead roofer, from lood ‘lead’.German : from a pet form of Ludwig.German : topographic name from the dialect word lott ‘mud’, ‘dirt’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Holt.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Lancashire and West Yorkshire called Lumb, both apparently originally named with Old English lum(m) ‘pool’. The word is not independently attested, but appears also in Lomax and Lumley, and may be reflected in the dialect term lum denoting a well for collecting water in a mine. In some instances the name may be topographical for someone who lived by a pool, Middle English lum(m).English : variant of Lamb.Chinese : variant of Lin 1.Chinese : possibly a variant of Lan.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : habitational name from Mar in Aberdeenshire, the etymology of which is uncertain, possibly Old Norse marr, a rare word generally denoting the sea, but perhaps also a marsh or fen, as reflected in modern dialect forms.English : habitational name from Marr in West Yorkshire, whose name is likewise of uncertain origin; possibly the same as 1.German : from the Germanic personal name Marro.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : topographic name for someone living near a water channel or water source, from the Bavarian dialect word Kett ‘water channel’, ‘spring’.English : Norfolk variant of Kite.
Surname or Lastname
Portuguese and Galician
Portuguese and Galician : variant of Marta.Italian : probably from medieval Greek Martios ‘March’ or the Calabrian dialect word marti ‘Tuesday’, in either case probably denoting someone with some particular association with the month or the day.English : variant spelling of Mart 1.German : from a short form of Martin.
HOULU DIALECT
HOULU DIALECT
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
One who Gives Our Secrets
Girl/Female
American, British, Christian, Danish, English, German, Greek, Latin, Swedish
Follower of Christ; Christ-bearer; Anointed
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Iranian, Russian
A Massive
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a boundary stone or a prominent outcrop of rock, from Middle English hÅn ‘stone’, ‘rock’. This is the same word as modern English hone ‘whetstone’, and the surname may also be a metonymic occupational name for someone who used a whetstone to sharpen swords, daggers, and knives.Dutch and North German (Höne) : from the Germanic personal name Huno, a short form of the various compound names with the first element hÅ«n. Compare, for example, Humphrey. The exact meaning of this element is disputed, but it may be cognate with Old Norse húnn ‘bear cub’.
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Mysterious
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Name of Several of the Prophets Companion
Boy/Male
Muslim
Benevolence. Beneficence. Charity.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Learned
Girl/Female
Australian, Biblical, Christian, Dutch, German, Greek, Hebrew, Swedish
Young Girl; Young Woman; Little Girl; Child
Girl/Female
Indian
Gift of God
HOULU DIALECT
HOULU DIALECT
HOULU DIALECT
HOULU DIALECT
HOULU DIALECT
n.
The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda.
n.
That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects.
n.
Same as Dialectics.
a.
Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.
n.
A piece of woodland; a small wood. [Obs.] See Holt.
n.
One skilled in dialectics.
a.
Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects.
n.
The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned.
a.
Relating to a dialect; dialectical; as, a dialectical variant.
n.
A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like.
n.
One versed in dialectics; a logician; a reasoner.
n.
Properly, the translation and exposition in the Huzv/resh, or literary Pehlevi, language, of the Avesta, the Zoroastrian sacred writings; as commonly used, the language (an ancient Persian dialect) in which the Avesta is written.
a.
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect.
n.
The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland.
a.
Alt. of Dialectical
adv.
In a dialectical manner.
n.
The languages, or rather the several dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the Romanic languages).
a.
Of or pertaining to the Tunguses; as, the Tungusic dialects.
v. t.
To change or translate from one dialect into another.
a.
Of or pertaining to the language or dialects known as Romance.