释义 |
Pitcairnese|pɪtkɛəˈniːz| [f. as prec. + -ese.] The language of Pitcairn Island, a mixture of English and Polynesian (mainly Tahitian) elements. Also attrib. or as adj.
1964Ross & Moverley Pitcairnese Lang. i. 25 The Pitcairnese language—the subject of the present book—has survived both on Pitcairn and on Norfolk. 1968Anglia LXXXVI. 360 Later accounts will extend our knowledge of the detail of Pitcairnese and a more extensively documented description will be especially useful. 1973Word 1966 XXII. 341 Since Pitcairnese has come out of the interaction of English and Tahitian, its lack of inflectional suffixes is attributed to their absence from Tahitian. |