单词 | andamanese |
释义 | Andamanesen. An aboriginal of the Andaman Islands; also the language of the Andaman people; also attrib. or as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > Indian islands Maldivan1625 Maldivian1779 Nicobarian1791 Andaman1848 Andamanese1862 Nicobarese1870 1862 Andamanese Vocab. & Phraseol. 1 Those words marked thus * are strongly suspected to be Hindostanee, or words from some other language picked up by the Andamanese. 1875 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 4 464 The larger shed was filled with 110 Andamanese of all ages. 1887 M. V. Portman (title) A Manual of the Andamanese Languages. Part I.—Dictionary, English-Andamanese. 1907 Indian Antiquary XXXVI. 220 For the purpose of an adequate presentation of Andamanese..I gradually framed a Theory of Universal Grammar. 1922 Blackwood's Mag. June 787/2 A keen-sighted Andamanese saw two men on a little hill. a1942 B. Malinowski Sci. Theory of Culture (1944) vi. 61 Among the..Andamanese, we can not speak of the political organization of the tribe, since this does not exist. Derivatives Andaˈmaner n. an Andaman islander. Π 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xxxviii. 68 The Andemaners have no Notions of a Deity. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 513/2 The Andamaners eat rats, guanas, and snakes. ˌAndamaˈnesian adj. Π 1932 W. L. Graff Lang. xi. 416 The Andamanesian dialects spoken by the natives of the Andaman Islands. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < |
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