Aug 14, 2002 13:35
21 yrs ago
Chinese term
Michelle Smith
min tse toa
Non-PRO
Chinese to English
Art/Literary
Either it is chinese, japanese or Korean - any ideas
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Jun 1, 2005 17:04: Robert Donahue (X) changed "Language pair" from "English" to "Chinese to English"
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John Guzman
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From my limited knowledge
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It defenetly sounds like Chinese, I am more familiar with Korean, but I think it is Chinese.
Comment: "Thanks, some Chinese folk said it definitely was not chinese"
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Irene Chernenko
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Could it be Maori?
Only a suggestion, since none of our Asian language colleagues seem to be confirming your hypothesis.
The Maoris (New Zealand) have many words ending in "oa".
The Maoris (New Zealand) have many words ending in "oa".
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Ildiko Santana
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Min, Tse, Toa - all three are Chinese names, probably from Singapore though
All I could find is a table with names, where you can see all three listed.
It is from the National Junior Squad Training.
The national or official languages in Singapore are Bengali, Mandarin Chinese, Malay, Tamil, and English. Total ethnic Chinese are about 77% of the population, so I would bet it is one of the Chinese dialects...
HTH
It is from the National Junior Squad Training.
The national or official languages in Singapore are Bengali, Mandarin Chinese, Malay, Tamil, and English. Total ethnic Chinese are about 77% of the population, so I would bet it is one of the Chinese dialects...
HTH
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Libero_Lang_Lab
United Kingdom
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Could it be Min Tse Tao ??
It looks like Chinese to me, but the thing that is causing confusion perhaps is the last word Toa - which doesn't look Chinese at all. Could it me a mis-transliteration / mis-spelling?
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