| 释义 |
Iatmul|ˈjætmʊl|
[Native name.]
A people of New Guinea, living near the Great Sepik River; their language. Also attrib. or as adj.
1932G. Bateson in Oceania II. 245 (title) Social structure of the Iatmül people of the Sepik River. Ibid. 248 In the Iatmül language as in English, adjectival words precede the nouns which they qualify. In Iatmül there is no equivalent of the English conjunction ‘and’. Ibid. 249, I have thought it most convenient to use the simple word Iatmül to denote that part of the linguistic group which lives on the banks and close to the Sepik river. 1943S. W. Reed Making of Mod. New Guinea i. 22 The Iatmul of the Middle Sepik River, who number approximately 10,000 persons, live in twenty-odd villages on either side of the river. Ibid. 23 In an isolated mountain enclave west of the Iatmul area and north of the Sepik River dwell the Kwoma. 1949G. Bateson in M. Fortes Social Struct. 35 The sayings, actions, and organization of the Iatmul had certain characteristics. 1949M. Mead Male & Female iii. 52 A Iatmul head-hunter, calling in his age-grade to rape his recalcitrant wife into submission. Ibid. App. 403 We had to analyze the language..and this was true also..of Mr. Bateson's original work in Iatmul. 1951R. Firth Elem. Social Organiz. i. 22 The chronic state of the Iatmül culture. |