单词 | austronesian |
释义 | Austronesianadj. = Malayo-Polynesian adj. and n. at Malayo- comb. form 2. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Polynesian, Melanesian, and Micronesian > [adjective] Alfurian1839 Melanesian1849 Austronesian1903 Melanesoid1932 Pasifika1974 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Malaysia > [adjective] > Malayo-Polynesian Austronesian1903 the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [adjective] > Austronesian Austronesian1927 1903 Amer. Anthropologist 5 164/1 Father Schmidt..accepts that part of his [sc. Müller's] theory which sees in the Melanesians a mixed race sprung from the Papuan aborigines and Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) immigrants. 1927 G. A. Grierson Ling. Surv. India I. i. ii. 32 This ‘Austric Family’..he [sc. W. Schmidt] divided into two sub-families, the ‘Austro-Nesian’ and the ‘Austro-Asiatic’. 1958 Times 6 Nov. 7/2 Bennett..considers that beyond doubt the cradle of Maori origins lies ‘somewhere in south-east Asia’ while Malaya itself is the homeland of the Austronesian family of languages. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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