| 释义 |
Tigre, n. and a.|tɪˈgreɪ|
Also Tigré.
[Native name.]
A. n. A Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia and adjoining parts of Sudan (distinguished from Tigrinya, spoken in Tigre itself).
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the province of Tigre in northern Ethiopia. Cf. Tigrean n. (a.).
1878Encycl. Brit. VIII. 612/2 There are at least two modern languages which have sprung from the ancient Geez, distinguished in modern philology by the conventional names of Tigriña and Tigré. 1908[see Tigrinya]. 1933L. Bloomfield Language iv. 66 Ethiopian... The present-day languages of this group are Tigre, Tigriña, and Amharic. 1972Bk. Thousand Tongues (rev. ed.) 429/1 Tigré is spoken by about 175,000 Muslims living in northern Eritrea and spreading into Sudan. 1978Observer 29 Jan. 10/7 Tigre nationalism: The Tigre people, who inhabit Northern Ethiopia want to redress the balance of power lost with the defeat of the ancient kingdom of Gondar towards the end of the last century. |