joomjúmn.

/dʒuːm/

Forms: also 1800s– jum, 1800s– jhoom, 1800s– jhum.

Etymology: Arakanese. The name is native to the Hill country, east of Chittagong; but applied by Anglo-Indians to the same system in other parts.

East India.

A system of cultivation practised in the hill forests of India and Indo-China, under which a tract is cleared by fire, occupied and cultivated for a time, and then abandoned for another tract, which is similarly treated; a tract so treated. Also attributive.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [noun] > systems of cultivation > in India or Ceylon

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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > cleared land

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1855 H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judicial & Revenue Terms India 242/2 Jum, Joom, (?) a Mug village, or one belonging to a forest race on the east of Chittagong; any hill or forest village on the east of Bengal.

1869 Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 7 157 Joom cultivation is the term used to designate the rude cultivation practised by most of the hill tribes of India.

1876 W. W. Hunter Statist. Acct. Bengal VI. 46 The sign of manhood among the Chakmás is when a lad is sent out to cut his first júm.

1885 G. C. Whitworth Anglo-Indian Dict. 140 Jumáh, a cultivator on the jum system.

1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 351/2 Jhoom, Jhūm.

1895 W. R. Fisher Schlich's Man. Forestry IV. 543 In jhums, or cultivations on forest clearings, where the branches and undergrowth are burned.

1897 Ld. Roberts 41 Years in India xl We came across a large number of these jooms.

1921 J. H. Hutton Angami Nagas ii. 72 Good jhum land, cleared once in twelve or fifteen years.

1927 Blackwood's Mag. June 816/2 Crops are grown by a simple method known as ‘Jhoom’.

1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Feb. 123/2 The low-caste Indian addicted to jhum cultivation.

Derivatives

joom v. (also júm) to clear a joom.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [verb (intransitive)] > clear land

joom1876

1876 W. W. Hunter Statist. Acct. Bengal VI. 67 Restrictions being placed on júming (the hill mode of cultivation).

1876 W. W. Hunter Statist. Acct. Bengal VI. 67 The people have there better júming lands.

1895 W. R. Fisher Schlich's Man. Forestry IV. 350 Jhuming, or the thorough burning of branchwood on the soil.

1921 J. H. Hutton Angami Nagas ii. 72 The Lhotas, Semas, Aos, and trans-Dikhu and trans-Tizu tribes cultivate only by ‘jhuming’.

1927 Blackwood's Mag. June 816/2 A fresh patch of jungle is then cut down, and the ‘Jhooming’ process repeated.

1936 Nature 5 Sept. 408/1 A fisher folk, who..practised a rude form of agriculture, comparable to jhuming, but not terracing or systematic irrigation.

1946 Ali & Lambert Assam 16 One or two tribes have adopted terrace cultivation, but the others depend on the taungya or jhuming system, which is very wasteful.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	joom
释义	joomjúmn. /dʒuːm/ Forms: also 1800s– jum, 1800s– jhoom, 1800s– jhum. Etymology: Arakanese. The name is native to the Hill country, east of Chittagong; but applied by Anglo-Indians to the same system in other parts. East India. A system of cultivation practised in the hill forests of India and Indo-China, under which a tract is cleared by fire, occupied and cultivated for a time, and then abandoned for another tract, which is similarly treated; a tract so treated. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [noun] > systems of cultivation > in India or Ceylon joom1855 kumri1904 chena1922 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > cleared land fellingOE sartc1290 assarta1450 thwaite1628 essart1656 beat-field1808 clearing1817 clearage1827 assartment1829 clearancea1839 burn1839 joom1855 swidden1868 screef1934 screef mark1950 1855 H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judicial & Revenue Terms India 242/2 Jum, Joom, (?) a Mug village, or one belonging to a forest race on the east of Chittagong; any hill or forest village on the east of Bengal. 1869 Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 7 157 Joom cultivation is the term used to designate the rude cultivation practised by most of the hill tribes of India. 1876 W. W. Hunter Statist. Acct. Bengal VI. 46 The sign of manhood among the Chakmás is when a lad is sent out to cut his first júm. 1885 G. C. Whitworth Anglo-Indian Dict. 140 Jumáh, a cultivator on the jum system. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 351/2 Jhoom, Jhūm. 1895 W. R. Fisher Schlich's Man. Forestry IV. 543 In jhums, or cultivations on forest clearings, where the branches and undergrowth are burned. 1897 Ld. Roberts 41 Years in India xl We came across a large number of these jooms. 1921 J. H. Hutton Angami Nagas ii. 72 Good jhum land, cleared once in twelve or fifteen years. 1927 Blackwood's Mag. June 816/2 Crops are grown by a simple method known as ‘Jhoom’. 1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Feb. 123/2 The low-caste Indian addicted to jhum cultivation. Derivatives joom v. (also júm) to clear a joom. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [verb (intransitive)] > clear land joom1876 1876 W. W. Hunter Statist. Acct. Bengal VI. 67 Restrictions being placed on júming (the hill mode of cultivation). 1876 W. W. Hunter Statist. Acct. Bengal VI. 67 The people have there better júming lands. 1895 W. R. Fisher Schlich's Man. Forestry IV. 350 Jhuming, or the thorough burning of branchwood on the soil. 1921 J. H. Hutton Angami Nagas ii. 72 The Lhotas, Semas, Aos, and trans-Dikhu and trans-Tizu tribes cultivate only by ‘jhuming’. 1927 Blackwood's Mag. June 816/2 A fresh patch of jungle is then cut down, and the ‘Jhooming’ process repeated. 1936 Nature 5 Sept. 408/1 A fisher folk, who..practised a rude form of agriculture, comparable to jhuming, but not terracing or systematic irrigation. 1946 Ali & Lambert Assam 16 One or two tribes have adopted terrace cultivation, but the others depend on the taungya or jhuming system, which is very wasteful. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1855
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