丽爱甲 Ley Ai
Kah (which has no
meaning) .
It can otherwise explain in Hokkien as only love
the best with her beauty
LOL, of course 字面上 it is interpreted as such, but never
"You Want To Eat" !
汝爱食 Li Ai
Tsiah 汝 is old
Chinese (Wen Yuan) of (Bai Hua Wen) you (你) of the Spring and
Autumn period before Chin dynasty.
Basic Hokkien is a derivative from Chu, best
survived in Chu Yuan prose that survived the burning by the Chin.
Chin language have no gender hence only 你. Whereas other states
such as Chu, Qi etc survives now only as lingusitic
dialects.
There are many layers to the explanation. I will explain
one by one here:
True, true. Hokkien is a non-Han language but influence by the
southern states during the Spring and Autumn period. Wu is the
coastal state whereas neighbouring Chu is the inland state both
sharing a common heritage. Chu was also know as East Wu during the
3 kingdoms. The Han linguistic come from the north hence many of
the pronunciation are diffrerent from the south.
闽 is derogative term by the northerners to describe the south. A
bunch of insects in the house. Hence this is not a kind word for
the southerners.
My dad never allows me to use 闽 so we have to call ourselves
Hokkien.
