| 释义 |
Peguan, n. and a.|ˈpɛgjuːən|
Also Pegue, Peguer.
[f. the place-name Pegu (see below) + -an.]
A. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of the city or district of Pegu in southern Burma, the ancient capital of the Mon (Mon n.2 and a.) people.
b. The language of the people of Pegu.
B. adj. (Also Pegu, the place-name used attrib.) Of or pertaining to these people.
c1591R. Fitch in Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1599) II. i. 262 The Pegues if they have a sute in the law which is so doubtfull that they cannot well determine it, put two long canes into the water.. and there sit men to iudge, and they both do diue vnder the water. 1727A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xxxvi. 36 The Peguer finding that he could not recover his Lands without foreign Aid and Assistance, invited the Portuguese. Ibid. 37 Neither the Siamers nor the Peguers..understood the use of Fire Arms. c1759[see Karen n. 1]. 1800M. Symes Acct. Embassy to Ava 12 The power of the Peguers now seemed hastening to its wane. 1828[see Mon n.2 and a.]. 1834Chinese Repository II. 504 The most important is the Peguan. 1851Ibid. XX. 345 Frequent wars with the northern Siamese and the Peguans, or Mons. 1858C. T. Winter Six Months Brit. Burmah ii. 15 The inhabitants consist principally of Burmans and Peguans. 1874J. M. Haswell Gram. Notes & Vocab. Peguan Lang. p. vi, I sent a list of over sixty Peguan words to missionaries among the Kohls. 1910L. Milne Shans at Home i. 26 A vassal of the Pegu King. Ibid. 27 The conquering army of the Pegu king. 1920G. A. Grierson Linguistic Survey India: Index of Lang.-Names 164 Peguan..According to the Burma Linguistic Survey, a form of Mōn (3) spoken in Amherst District. 1932J. G. Scott Burma & Beyond i. 16 The Khmêr went, or were pushed, farther east,..but the Mōn remained behind, and came to be known to the early merchant adventurers as Peguans. 1942J. L. Christian Mod. Burma ii. 12 The Mons, known also as Talaings or Peguans, are an ancient race. 1955E. Mannin Land of Crested Lion xv. 190 The gift of a wealthy Pegu donor. 1956Introducing Burma 38 The Mon Khmer Branch consists of the Mon Group comprising—Talaing (Mon, Peguan, Martabanèese) which are spoken in the Pegu and Tenasserim Divisions. 1973J. M. & E. G. Maring Hist. & Cultural Dict. Burma 147 Mon, A lowland Mon-Khmer ethnolinguistic group of Mongoloid racial stock... Synonyms: Mon̄, Mun, Peguan, Talaing. |