单词 | indigena |
释义 | † indigenan.1 Obsolete. 1. An indigenous person; an original or native inhabitant of a particular place. Chiefly in plural. Cf. indigene n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native people > [noun] > person sonOE landsmanc1000 natural1509 native1535 homeling1577 indigena1591 originary1594 home-born1600 birth child1609 inbred1625 naturalist1631 autochthon1646 naturalizanta1652 breedling1663 indigene1664 indigenal1722 child (son, etc.) of the soil1814 native-born1814 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 12 All the Britanes weare indigenae, the naturall borne people of that countrie, and that ab origine, euen from the first beginning. 1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xx. f. 76 As though they were Indigenæ, or people bredde vpon that very soyle. 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (xxxvii. 35 Annot.) 201/2 Spreading himself as an indigena flourishing. 1799 W. G. Browne Trav. Afr. xxi. 320 The ordinary maxims of indigenæ are rarely to be entirely disregarded. 1859 R. G. Latham Descriptive Ethnol. I. iii. 78 The forces which have changed the character of the indigenæ of western Nepaul, Gurwhal, and Kumson are in continuance, directing themselves eastwards. 1883 C. Merivale Let. 8 May in K. Lake Mem. William Charles Lake (1901) 268 I am surprised to find, Devonian as I am, how little or nothing I seem to know about my native history or antiquities, or any other subject that is likely to interest the indigenæ. 1905 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 35 234 In certain districts [in Scotland] the persistence of the indigenæ is revealed by the comparative lightness of the eye, compared with the hair. 2. An indigenous species or variety of animal or plant. ΚΠ 1677 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 2) 42 Besides our Mastiff, which seems to be an Indigena or Native of England, we train up most excellent Grey-Hounds (which seem to have been brought hither by the Galls) in our open Champaigns. 1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica III. iii. viii. 718 This tree [sc. the locust tree], is not an indigena of the island, but introduced probably from the Southern continent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). indigenan.2 In Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking contexts (chiefly in Latin America): a member of a people indigenous to a particular place, esp. as distinguished from European settlers or colonizers and their descendants. ΚΠ 1889 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 24 May 606/1 [In the last census of Honduras there were] 5,169 more females than males of the ladinos, and 598 more females than males of the indigenas. 1932 R. L. Friedman et al. Spanish Bk. 2 435/2 (caption) An indígena with flowers that she is offering for sale. 1961 Harper's Mag. May 36/1 I would never dream of attempting to introduce an indigena into one of the hotel dining-rooms of the white quarter [sc. of a town in Portuguese Angola], and I am sure that no native, if he could find suitable clothing, would dare to enter by himself. 1992 Antigonish Rev. Spring 11 I have seen other tourists parasailing above me, towed by two bored indigena in a jeep. 2004 Lancaster (Pa.) New Era 13 Aug. b6/5 Otavalo is home to a large Saturday market where indigenas from the surrounding area offer examples of Ecuadorian ‘handcrafts’ for sale. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < n.11576n.21889 |
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