| 释义 |
Rong, n. and a.|rɒŋ|
[Native name.]
= Lepcha n. and a.
1840A. Campbell in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal IX. i. 379 The real Lepcha, or Rong proper, has no tradition whatever..connected with the advent of his tribe into this part of the world. 1854J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. v. 127 They, or at least some of their tribes, call themselves Rong, and Arratt, and their country Dijong. 1876G. B. Mainwaring Gram. Róng (Lepcha) Lang. p. vii, The proper name of the Lepchas, as they call themselves, is—Róng. Ibid. i. 1 The Róng (Lepcha) Alphabet may be divided into two parts. 1909G. A. Grierson Linguistic Survey of India III. i. 233 The Lepchas are considered as the oldest inhabitants of Sikkim... They call themselves Róng... The number of speakers of Róng in Sikkim and Darjeeling were..estimated. Ibid., Róng literature comprises Buddhistic and other religious books. 1938G. Gorer Himalayan Village i. 35 The Lepchas do not call themselves Lepchas; they call themselves Rong. |