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Tonkinese en · ADJ
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English Tonkin
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.
Late Latin -iscus
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Vulgar Latin -iscus
Latin -ēnsis
Old French -eisbor.
Middle English -eys
English -ese
English Tonkinese
From Tonkin + -ese.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or relating to Tonkin, the northern part of Vietnam.
Tonkinese en · NOUN
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English Tonkin
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.
Late Latin -iscus
▲
Vulgar Latin -iscus
Latin -ēnsis
Old French -eisbor.
Middle English -eys
English -ese
English Tonkinese
From Tonkin + -ese.
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(in-plural) A person from Tonkin.
A great number of Legionaires had married Tonkineses and had children by them. According to French law, a child born on French soil is a citizen of France, whether the father and mother are French or not, so also in Indo-China[…]
1962, Anuruddha, The Protecting Hand:The Occidental who lives in that splendid house on the Phù-Cam is married to a Tonkinese. It's more than ten years ago he brought her here. He has never had any second wives. He gave his father-in-law a teakwood coffin.
1925, Cl Chivas-Baron, Three Women of Annam, page 124:
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(countable) A domestic cat of a breed that is a cross between the Siamese and Burmese.
Do not consider bringing home a Tonkinese unless you have time in your life for games[…]
2001, Lorraine Shelton, The Guide to Owning a Tonkinese Cat, TFH Publications, →ISBN:
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Tonk
Translations (5)
pt tonquinês (cat breed) · fr tonkinois (cat breed) · cs tonkinská kočka (cat breed) · es tonkinés (cat breed) · it tonchinese (cat breed)
Tonkinese en · PROPN
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English Tonkin
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.
Late Latin -iscus
▲
Vulgar Latin -iscus
Latin -ēnsis
Old French -eisbor.
Middle English -eys
English -ese
English Tonkinese
From Tonkin + -ese.
Meanings
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The language of Tonkin; northern Vietnamese.