Insik
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Cebuano
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly 引叔 (ín-chek, “uncle”)[1][2][3][4] or 𪜶叔 (in chek, literally “his/her/their uncle”). Compare with Tagalog Intsik, Malay encik, Indonesian encek, Thai เจ๊ก (jék).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Insik
- the Chinese people, language, or culture
- (informal, potentially offensive) a nickname for someone who looks Chinese (see usage notes)
Usage notes
[edit]- May be offensive to Chinese Filipinos or foreigners.
Adjective
[edit]Insik
Usage notes
[edit]- May be seen sometimes as a provocative or derogatory ethnic slur from its crude or pejorative connotations in the past.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish, Hokkien, and Classical Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, 1626-1642, page 170/151 & 522/497; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum[2], Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN
- ^ “紀念“宿務無名氏(引叔)”施維鵬 2018-2019年度校長、教師昨舉行頒獎典禮”, in 菲律賓商報 Chinese Commercial News[3], Binondo, Manila, 2019 March 10
- ^ “中正學院培幼園 三位教師獲僑委會獎”, in CKS College News[4], Tondo, Manila, 2021 October 26
- ^ “宿霧施維鵬 仙逝”, in 世界臨濮施氏宗親總會, 彰化縣鹿港鎮復興路, (Can we date this quote?)
Further reading
[edit]- John U. Wolff (1972) A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan[5]