| 释义 |
Pintupi, n. and a.|ˈpɪntəpɪ|
Also Pintubi.
[f. Pintupi pintupi impolite expletive (literal meaning unknown), prob. first applied as a nickname to the people by their neighbours the Warlpiri.]
A. n. An Aboriginal people inhabiting the eastern region of the Gibson Desert, Central Australia; also their language.
B. attrib. or as adj. Of or pertaining to this people.
1933Oceania III. 247 The languages were more or less mixed, the Pintubi particularly making frequent use of the Luritja language. Ibid. ‘Water no good. It stinks. Dead man in there,’ said Lilitjukurpa, a Pintubi native, at the Ilbilla Soak. Ibid. 251 Ngalia woman, speaks Pintubi. 1940Trans. R. Soc. S. Austral. LXIV. 187 ˈPintubi, ˈPi:ntupi, Loc.: Lake Mackay, Mount Russell, Ehrenberg Range, Kintore Range, Warman Rocks; an unknown distance to west. 1957Illustr. London News 7 Sept. 372/1 The biggest problem faced by the Pintibu [sic] tribe in the tough, dry region in which they live is the lack of water. 1964D. Lockwood Lizard Eaters 93 ‘Ahhhh!’ It probably means in Pintubi exactly what it means in English—an expressive sigh of satisfaction. 1982C. Yallop Austral. Aboriginal Languages ii. 43 The Pitjantjatjara and Pintupi and several other desert peoples of Central and Western Australia actually speak ‘dialects’ which can be classified as the Western Desert language. 1984Daily Tel. 25 Oct. 19/2 Nine nomadic Aborigines who have never had direct contact with white people have been found in Central Australia. Members of the Pintubi tribe, they are a family of three women, two men, two boys, and two girls. |