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#193453 - 10/12/10 12:23 PM nankeen
junebh stranger Registered: 09/09/10 Posts: 4	The etymology given for today's word, "nankeen," seems to refer to the porcelain, which comes from Nanjing. Did the yellow or buff colored fabric also come from there?
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#193456 - 10/12/10 02:29 PM Re: nankeen [Re: junebh]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5287 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	WELCOME JUNEBH _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#193458 - 10/13/10 10:00 AM Re: nankeen [Re: junebh]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	No doubt, just Google Nanjing porcelain/ images and you'll see .
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#193707 - 10/27/10 08:40 PM Re: nankeen [Re: BranShea]
AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York	And, if anyone's interested, it's Portuguese for what we call India Ink.
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#193714 - 10/28/10 06:14 AM Re: nankeen [Re: AnnaStrophic]
Candy Pooh-Bah Registered: 09/21/10 Posts: 1705 Loc: down under	But would that colour be a deep black then Anna?
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#193717 - 10/28/10 09:57 AM Re: nankeen [Re: AnnaStrophic]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Nankeen is Portuguese for India ink? That makes my head spin. The ink is black. This here is part of the Nankeen porcelaine tower. All the nankeen shades together. How did the Portuguese come into the story?
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#193718 - 10/28/10 10:24 AM Re: nankin [Re: BranShea]
AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York	I don't know its etymology, but intend to find out. Here's a dictionary page: tinta de nankin
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#193722 - 10/28/10 03:54 PM Re: nankin [Re: AnnaStrophic]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Yes, it's there. Printed and true. So far I found that on googling 'nankin ink' it shows small bottles of ink of many standard colors. It looks just like what we call 'ecoline' (not from ecology but from école-school), a transparant but intensely colored ink. Still not clear how it showed up in Portuguese.
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#193732 - 10/29/10 09:06 AM Re: south capital city [Re: AnnaStrophic]
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3269 Loc: R'lyeh	And why is calling it India ink any better? It came originally from china., the capital of which at the time the Portuguese came was in Nanjing. Think of it like Peking duck. Not the color, but where it's from. I saw from the Portuguese Wikipedia that it's called tinta da china in European and tinta nanquim in Brazilian Portuguese. In Chinese, nan means 'south' and jing means 'capital (city)'. Bei means north, so Beijing means 'north capital (city)'. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#193737 - 10/29/10 09:09 PM Re: south capital city [Re: zmjezhd]
AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York	Originally Posted By: zmjezhd And why is calling it India ink any better? It came originally from china., the capital of which at the time the Portuguese came was in Nanjing. Think of it like Peking duck. Not the color, but where it's from. I saw from the Portuguese Wikipedia that it's called tinta da china in European and tinta nanquim in Brazilian Portuguese. In Chinese, nan means 'south' and jing means 'capital (city)'. Bei means north, so Beijing means 'north capital (city)'. Thanks, Nuncle. I didn't say either was "better," just noted the meaning in Portuguese. Wonder why we call it India Ink, then? Maybe because all of The East was one mysterious place?
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