| 释义 |
Rarotongan, n. and a.|rærəˈtɒŋən|
[f. Rarotonga, the name of the largest of the Cook Islands in the South Pacific + -an.]
A. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of Rarotonga.
b. The language of Rarotonga: Cook Islands Maori, a member of the Polynesian group.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Rarotonga or its language.
1842M. Russell Polynesia vi. 226 The Rarotongans were a most ferocious class of men. 1851G. Browne Let. 8 July in A. Buzacott Mission Life Islands of Pacific (1866) xiii. 188 It was resolved to request Miss Buzacott to accept..a copy of the Bible in Rarotongan and English. 1854A. Buzacott Rarotongan & Eng. Gram. 2/2 The Rarotongan alphabet has five soft letters. 1866― Mission Life Islands of Pacific xiv. 198 It is scarcely credible how strange it was to Mr. Buzacott to preach..in the English language..his mind being prone to think according to the habits and ideas of the Rarotongans. 1897Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. VI. 10 The word akono..appears from its use in the Rarotongan scriptures, to be..akin to ‘appointed’. 1910F. W. Christian Eastern Pacific Lands 193 The history of the Christianizing..and progress of these Rarotongan Maori is the brightest chapter in the history of the South Seas. 1947Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. LVI. 197, I wish to acknowledge assistance given to me by..other Rarotongans. Ibid. 215 The manuscript..requires translation into modern Rarotongan. 1966J. E. Buse in C. E. Bazell In Memory of J.R. Firth 52 Rarotongan Maori is spoken on the island of Rarotonga in the Southern Cooks. 1977Times 2 Dec. 19/2 Rarotongans are almost wholly dependent on inflation-prone imported tinned goods. |