Great Andamanesen.adj.

Brit.

/ˌɡreɪt ˌandəməˈniːz/, U.S.

/ˌɡreɪd ˌændəməˈniz/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Great Andaman , -ese suffix.

Etymology: < Great Andaman, the name of the main archipelago of the Andaman Islands (see Andaman adj.) + -ese suffix. Compare earlier Andamanese n., Andamanese adj.

A. n.

1. An indigenous inhabitant of Great Andaman, the main archipelago of the Andaman Islands, a group of islands in the Bay of Bengal which together with the Nicobar Islands constitute a union territory of India.

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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

1881 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 13 487 [The Jarawas, one of the five principal groups of indigenous peoples of the Andaman Islands] wear the jaw-bones of their deceased relatives, but as far as I have seen, no other kind; in this differing from the Great Andamanese, who wear all kinds.

1975 Monitor (McAllen, Texas) 22 July 3/6 Some 4,000 Great Andamanese once lived on the islands; now only 24 remain.

2004 P. K. Sircar Primitive Tribes Andaman & Nicobar Islands iii. 35 The Great Andamanese are indigenously non-vegetarian. Their staple food consists of fish, pig, crab, dugong, shellfish, turtle egg, and tubers, etc.

2017 India Internat. Centre Q. 44 92 When a Great Andamanese describes the external beauty of a person or an object, s/he attaches the class 2 marker reserved for external body parts er- to the word bungoi for ‘beautiful’.

2. A language family comprising the indigenous languages spoken in Great Andaman; (also more generally) any of these languages.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Pacific > [noun] > Andaman

Andaman1848

1923 Amer. Anthropologist 25 573 The basic division into Little and Great Andamanese corresponds with a linguistic differentiation so great that lexical coincidences are rare.

1966 Anthropol. Linguistics 8 10 There are perhaps at least three Andamanese languages..[including] Northern or Great Andamanese.

2013 S. A. Fedorak Anthropol. Matters (ed. 2) iii. 28 Great Andamanese is the fifth language family of India.

B. adj.

Of or relating to Great Andaman, the Great Andamanese, or their languages.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [adjective] > Indian islands

Maldivian1841

Nicobarian1846

Andaman1860

Nicobarese1875

1912 A. C. Haddon in A. F. R. Wollaston Pygmies & Papuans App. 317 The Great Andamanese bow is peculiar.

1963 Anthropos 58 558 The Great Andamanese tribes use only barbed harpoons.

2020 Indian Express (Nexis) 28 Aug. They had tested all the 59 Great Andamanese members..after five of them living in Port Blair had tested positive [for Covid-19].

2021 R. Zamponi & B. Comrie Gram. Akajeru 43 The categories expressed in the verbs of Great Andamanese languages are tense, aspect, and mood.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	great andamanese
释义	Great Andamanesen.adj. Brit. /ˌɡreɪt ˌandəməˈniːz/, U.S. /ˌɡreɪd ˌændəməˈniz/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Great Andaman , -ese suffix. Etymology: < Great Andaman, the name of the main archipelago of the Andaman Islands (see Andaman adj.) + -ese suffix. Compare earlier Andamanese n., Andamanese adj. A. n. 1. An indigenous inhabitant of Great Andaman, the main archipelago of the Andaman Islands, a group of islands in the Bay of Bengal which together with the Nicobar Islands constitute a union territory of India. 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 1881 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 13 487 [The Jarawas, one of the five principal groups of indigenous peoples of the Andaman Islands] wear the jaw-bones of their deceased relatives, but as far as I have seen, no other kind; in this differing from the Great Andamanese, who wear all kinds. 1975 Monitor (McAllen, Texas) 22 July 3/6 Some 4,000 Great Andamanese once lived on the islands; now only 24 remain. 2004 P. K. Sircar Primitive Tribes Andaman & Nicobar Islands iii. 35 The Great Andamanese are indigenously non-vegetarian. Their staple food consists of fish, pig, crab, dugong, shellfish, turtle egg, and tubers, etc. 2017 India Internat. Centre Q. 44 92 When a Great Andamanese describes the external beauty of a person or an object, s/he attaches the class 2 marker reserved for external body parts er- to the word bungoi for ‘beautiful’. 2. A language family comprising the indigenous languages spoken in Great Andaman; (also more generally) any of these languages. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Pacific > [noun] > Andaman Andaman1848 1923 Amer. Anthropologist 25 573 The basic division into Little and Great Andamanese corresponds with a linguistic differentiation so great that lexical coincidences are rare. 1966 Anthropol. Linguistics 8 10 There are perhaps at least three Andamanese languages..[including] Northern or Great Andamanese. 2013 S. A. Fedorak Anthropol. Matters (ed. 2) iii. 28 Great Andamanese is the fifth language family of India. B. adj. Of or relating to Great Andaman, the Great Andamanese, or their languages. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [adjective] > Indian islands Maldivian1841 Nicobarian1846 Andaman1860 Nicobarese1875 1912 A. C. Haddon in A. F. R. Wollaston Pygmies & Papuans App. 317 The Great Andamanese bow is peculiar. 1963 Anthropos 58 558 The Great Andamanese tribes use only barbed harpoons. 2020 Indian Express (Nexis) 28 Aug. They had tested all the 59 Great Andamanese members..after five of them living in Port Blair had tested positive [for Covid-19]. 2021 R. Zamponi & B. Comrie Gram. Akajeru 43 The categories expressed in the verbs of Great Andamanese languages are tense, aspect, and mood. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.adj.1881
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