English
Khek
Khek comes from Hokkien 客.
- Hokkienmodern客Khehliterally ‘guest people’
- Englishearliest quotation 1959Khek
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Hokkienmodern客Khehliterally ‘guest people’
- Englishearliest quotation 1959Khek
Earliest quotation: 1959, Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Roy: “And the names of a Khek family, illustrating the…”
Every English word from Hokkien 客
Today it means
noun a Hakka person
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hokkien 客 / Khek