| 释义 |
Pascuan, a. and n.|ˈpæskjuːən|
[a. F. Pascuan (H. Lavachery 1935).]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Easter Island in the South Pacific, its inhabitants, or its script.
B. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of Easter Island.
b. The script used by the inhabitants of Easter Island. So Pascuense a. and n.
[1935H. Lavachery Ile de Pâques i. 16 Ici la naiveté des Espagnols apparaît non moins admirable que l'ingéniosité des Pascuans.] 1940B. Bonnerjea in N. & Q. 17 Feb. 110/2, I have used the term ‘Pascuans’—following Lavachery—in place of the more cumbersome English expression ‘Easter Islanders’. Ibid. 111/1 It is an undeniable fact that the Pascuans are Polynesians. Ibid., Since the..discovery of the Pascuan script, numerous articles have been written on the subject. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet 137 According to local traditions, Hotumatua, an ancestor of the Pascuans..came to the island..and brought with him 67 inscribed wooden tablets. 1960J. Fuentes Dict. & Gram. Easter Island Lang. 591 The spoken language keeps some of the old Pascuense characteristics, that is to say, the Pascuense before assimilating modern foreign expressions. |