kong-siとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈkɔŋ.si/

名詞

kongsi (plural kongsis or kongsi)

1. (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia) A benevolent organization of popular origin found among overseas Chinese communities for individuals with the same surname.

   Synonym: association (Philippines)

   • 1998, Zawawi Ibrahim, The Malay Labourer:

     By 1970, for instance, the state authorities considered these kongsi to be unfit and unhygienic for living, and they were ordered to be dismantled.

   • 2003, Wu Xiao An, Chinese Business in the Making of a Malay State, 1882-1941:

     The term kongsi loosely referred to any association of the Chinese, ranging from a business partnership to governments in West Borneo, secret societies and clan associations.

   • 2004, Simon Richmond, Marie Cambon, Damian Harper, Richard Watkins, Lonely Planet: Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei:

     A kongsi is a clan house, a building that’s partly a temple and partly a meeting hall for Chinese of the same clan or surname.

Further reading

• kongsi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• Gonski, Konigs