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Becoming Indigenous II (Loanwords and Questionable Claims)

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  Kim-paoli 金包 里 Qing -  p arián   清包 里 No.52  Kim-paoli  金包 里 Qing - parian  清包 里 'China town' - Fuzhou in 17th century Keelung Atayal - Km/Kin - Qing (Qing-Manchurian-Chinese) No. 53 Smangus - Sauvages (Savages) Smangus - Sauvages (Savages) Territoire des Sauvages  (Territories of Savages) No. 54  Taokas Table + Techkham 桌崁/蓋 No. 55 Plateau -  Shangping Hsinchu Upper Plateau No. 56 Tango - reserved area Tribus  Tango - reserves indigenous area No. 57 Amis paper mulberry is Hokkien loanword 'Deer Tree' (lo-a) 鹿仔樹 .  Documented in 18th century Qing. Female tree No. 58 Thao 'Ancestral basket' Hokkien loanword meaning 'basket' No. 59. 60 Tsou/  Kaluvunga Major religious symbols - Hokkien loanwords Ihing - Green 青 takia - ru 太祖 Ancestral spirit No. 61 Atayal MALE names - Japanese  No. 62 Paiwan 'Bulay' meaning 'beautiful'- Chinese loanword 漂亮 meaning 'beautiful' No. 63  Atayal 'Balay' Palau 'Bai'  Old English. Germa...