| 释义 |
Moi, a. and n.|ˈməʊiː|
[Native name.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to a people of Indo-Australoid origin who were among the original inhabitants of Vietnam and are now found in the Southern mountain region (see quot. 1959).
B. n.
a. The name of this people.
b. A member of this people.
c. The name of their language. Cf. Montagnard 1 b.
1845Encycl. Metrop. XVI. 780/2 The southern branches of those mountains, and the long ridge which divides Annam from Kambója are inhabited by the Múóng and Moï, or Ké-moïs tribes, whose language also differs from that of the lowlanders. 1853J. R. Logan in Jrnl. Indian Archipelago VII. 36 The Moi or Ka-moi..on the opposite side of the Mekong occupy the broad expansion of the Anam chain towards Kamboja. 1911Encycl. Brit. XIV. 491/1 The population of French Indo-China falls into five chief divisions—the Annamese..the Khmers..the Chams..the Thais..and the autochthonous tribes classed by the other inhabitants as Mois or Khas (‘savages’). 1928H. Hervey Trav. French Indo-China 248 Here the Moi, aboriginal tribes of ancient Chiampa, mingle with the Laotians and the Annamites. 1957J. Oliver tr. Riesen's Jungle Mission i. 14 With her to interpret, I could understand and express the most varied ideas, increasing my French–Moï vocabulary. 1959E. Brockett tr. Bertrand's Jungle People 11 The rather vague term ‘Moi Plateau’ is applied to the area bounded to the north by the River Mékong, to the west by the Cambodian jungle and to the east by the mountain range of Annam. Ibid. 20 On the floor..a square sod of earth placed on a tin slab formed the traditional Moï hearth. 1961D. Lancaster Emancipation French Indochina 4 The Mois..are a handsome, bronze-skinned people akin to the Dyaks of Borneo and the Bataks of Sumatra. 1965B. Newman Background to Viet-Nam vii. 73 Clever French philologists had adapted the Moïs languages to the Latin alphabet, so that reading and writing could be taught. 1968Listener 13 June 760/3 Hill tribes..whom..the Vietnamese call Moi..practise a primitive agriculture, live in thatched long-houses..and are much addicted to gongs, rice wine and animal sacrifice. |