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单词 greenlandish
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Greenlandishadj.n.

Brit. /ˈɡriːnləndɪʃ/, /ɡriːnˈlandɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈɡrinləndɪʃ/, /ˌɡrinˈlændɪʃ/
Origin: A borrowing from German, combined with English elements. Etymons: Greenland n., -ish suffix1, German grönländisch, Grönländisch.
Etymology: < Greenland n. + -ish suffix1, originally after German grönländisch, adjective, Grönländisch, noun (both early 18th cent.). Compare also Danish grønlandsk, Swedish grönländsk, Icelandic grænlenskur (Old Icelandic grœnlenzkr).
A. adj.
= Greenlandic adj. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [adjective] > of or characteristic of Greenland
Greenlandish1767
1767 tr. D. Cranz Hist. Greenland I. iii. v. 204 They say, that a Greenlandish woman was once delivered of some kablunæt (so they call the Europeans).
1872 Geol. Mag. 9 299 The necessity of earning their bread soon compels these children to have recourse to purely Greenlandish sources of gain, and to adopt Greenlandish customs.
1937 Ecology 18 352 A larger number of species occur which have not otherwise been found in Iceland, and the continental, Greenlandish, presumed relict species also show a relatively maximum occurrence here.
1999 Guardian 6 Mar. (Sat. Review section) 5/1 Unless you've been living in a Greenlandish igloo or a comatose stupor since 1996, you can't fail to be familiar with the song.
B. n.
= Greenlandic n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > languages of the world > Eskimo-Aleut > [noun]
Greenlandish1767
Eskimo1819
Greenlandic1820
husky1864
Aleut1872
Inuk1884
Inuit1901
Yuit1909
Eskimo-Aleut1913
Inupiaq1947
Inupik1951
Yupik1951
Yuk1962
Inuktitut1974
1767 tr. D. Cranz Hist. Greenland I. ii. i. 80 One [wild duck] with a broad bill called in Greenlandish kertlutok.
1816 P. S. Du Ponceau Let. 3 Aug. in Trans. Hist. & Lit. Comm. Amer. Philos. Soc. (1819) 1 403 It is not the first syllable that is borrowed, as in the above example from the Greenlandish, but the principle appears, nevertheless, to be the same in both languages.
1916 Mod. Lang. Notes 31 501 The illustrations are taken from a wide range of sources: Chinese, Greenlandish, Malayan, Mexican, Bantu, etc.
2006 Fort McMurray (Alberta) Today (Nexis) 25 Mar. 5 They pretty well know how to speak English and they taught me some, I think it's Greenlandish?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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