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Tamang, n. and a.|tæˈmæŋ|
[a. Tibetan tamaṅ; ulterior derivation from Tibetan rta-maṅ ‘many horses’ is unsubstantiated.]
A. n.
a. (A member of) a Buddhist people inhabiting mountainous regions north of the Kathmandu Valley in central Nepal.
b. The Tibeto-Burman language of this people.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Tamang or their language.
[1909G. A. Grierson Linguistic Survey India III. i. 189 The Murmis are also known under other names, such as Tāmāng Bhōṭiā.] 1937W. B. Northey Land of Gurkhas i. 13 Now this country has four special clans, all of whom can be classed as belonging to the Mongolian military tribes—first a rather inferior type known as Murmis or Tamangs, and the more interesting Sunwars. 1952R. N. W. Bishop Unknown Nepal 124 The following is a list of the prinicipal castes of Nepal... Newar, Sherpa, Tamang, Sunwar, Lepcha, Bhotiya. 1962D. Forbes Heart of Nepal xi. 120 We found wild strawberries in profusion which the local Tamang woodcutters considered to be beneath their notice. 1969N. B. & D. P. Thapa Geogr. Nepal xi. 77 The Tamangs lead a communal life... ‘Mulmi’, the village headman, may be taken as a typical example of the local administrator, collector of revenue and dispenser of justice. 1977C. F. & F. M. Voegelin Classification & Index World's Lang. 155 Gyarung-Mishmi... Non-pronominalized... Murmi = Tāmāng... 38,500 [speakers]. The Valley of Nepal, India (Darjeeling), Sikkim. 1990Los Angeles Times 14 Feb. e5/2 Fisher's research into the four-year itch tabulated divorce data for 58 countries and touched the Yanomamo of Venezuela, the Tamang of Nepal and the Joneses of Newark. |