| 释义 |
Tiwi, n. (and a.)|ˈtiːwɪ|
[a. Tiwi tiwi, pl. of tini man, tiŋa woman, app. first applied to the people by Hart.]
(A member of) an Aboriginal people inhabiting the Melville and Bathurst Islands, northern Australia; the language spoken by this people. Also attrib. or as adj.
1930C. W. M. Hart in Oceania I. ii. 171 When in contact with other tribes, however, as in Darwin, he thinks of himself as Tiwi, a member of a group which despite the divisions inside it, is nevertheless a group distinct from other tribes, and this seems quite an adequate reason for us to adopt Tiwi as the tribal name. Ibid. 176 The Tiwi have a system of matrilineal totemic clans. 1942A. Capell in Oceania XIII. i. 24 The infix which serves to indicate the incorporated noun in Tiwi often bears no formal relation to the independent noun. 1956Nat. Geogr. Mag. Mar. 430/1 Cooking is a simple matter for the Tiwi. 1988Signature (Melbourne) Apr./May 43/1 Success in European-style enterprise—for which the Tiwi people are famed these days—hasn't had time to spoil them just yet... Last dry season..the Tiwis found themselves hosting about 100 visitors per day. 1989TV Scene (Brisbane) 20 Aug. 23/1 The elders of Melville Island have decreed that Tiwi is an oral language that should always be passed on through the narrative and dance. |