etymology of Hoklo

[Henning]

Hello,

does anybody know the etymology of the word Hoklo (also spelled "Holo")? I have found different Chinese characters, and I am actually not sure which ones reflect the correct origin of the term.

Best,
Henning Kloeter

[Sim Lee]

Hi there Henning,

How's your dissertation going?

Have a look at this page for an explanation of the word Hoklo.

http://www.hoklo.org/HokloCulture/?faq=all

Cheers,
Sim.

[Dylan Sung]

Hok is the the Min speaker's pronunciation of Fujian's "fu", or in Cantonese and Hakka, "fuk". Lo means "man", "guy", and so a Hoklo is a Fujianese person, or having roots and speaking a Fujianese dialect.

Dyl.

[ppk]

i think its a transformation from 'he'luo'(河洛), meaning he'nan and luo'yang of the 'central plains'.