Slavic influence on Romanian such as "suflet" ("soul") copy the logic of the Slavic word "душа", and the original Latin "anima" shifted its meaning to "inimă" ("heart"). Other examples include "lună" (meaning "month" and "the moon") and "lume" (originally "light"), used in the sense of "the world". Certain expressions (such as "din topor", "unrefined") also tend to be similar to their Slavic equivalents: "топорный = грубый". Another feature of modern Romanian which has resulted from contact with Slavic speakers is the formation of numerals from 11 to 20. For instance, "unsprezece" ("eleven") is based on three components ("un+spre+zece", "one above [from Latin "super"] ten").
Tio Tek Ho - also a Chinese officer; while another cousin, Tio Bit Nio, was married to yet another officer, Kapitein Loa Tiang Hoei. A much younger cousin was the businessman, publisher and writer Tio Tek Hong. Majoor Tio Tek Ho's eldest son, Tio Wie Han, was also appointed to the honorary position of -titulair der Chinezen. The Majoor's main family residence in Batavia, Toko Kompak, is now a major historic landmark in Pasar Baru, Jakarta. As pointed out by Mona Lohanda, Tio's candidacy for the mayoralty was viewed favourably by the Dutch authorities thanks to his decision to distance himself from the