| 释义 |
Toda, n. and a.|ˈtəʊdə|
A. n.
a. (A member of) a people of southern India.
b. The language of this people, a Dravidian language closely related to Tamil.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people.
1864F. Metz Tribes inhabiting Neilgherry Hills 19 The Todas justify their belief in intermediate spiritual agencies by a reference to analogy. Ibid. 20 Great sanctity attaches to the person of the Pa'laul in the eyes of his Toda brethren. 1873W. E. Marshall Travels amongst Todas xxiv. 208 Everything with the Toda is taken au sérieux. 1900Knowledge 1 Mar. 67/1 On the clearances amid the dense and luxuriant primeval forest, or on the open grass⁓lands of the hill-tops, dwell a number of interesting aboriginal wild tribes, among whom the Todas and the Kotas are perhaps those whose names are the least unfamiliar to European ears. 1921Blackw. Mag. July 28/1 The Toda puzzles and interests the Occidental because the Toda's origin is undiscoverable. 1938[see moiety 4]. 1939L. H. Gray Foundations of Language 386 [Dravidian] falls into four great divisions, the first of which is Tamil-Kurukh, comprising Tamil..; Malayāḷam..; Ṭulu..; Koḍagu..; Kanarese, including Toda, Kōta, and Baḍaga..; and Kurukh. 1955T. Burrow Sanskrit Language viii. 376 Besides the major languages there are numerous minor non-literary Dravidian languages spoken in various parts of India, namely: (i) Southern: Tulu, Coorg, Toda, Kota. 1976Language LII. 259 This latest monograph..is most easily understood when studied in conjunction with his massive earlier tome on Toda songs. 1980H. Trevelyan Public & Private 7 The bee-hive huts of the Todas, the earliest known inhabitants of the [Nilgiri] hills who still lived there. |