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单词 marshallese
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Marshallesen.adj.

Brit. /mɑːʃəˈliːz/, /mɑːʃlˈiːz/, U.S. /ˌmɑrʃəˈliz/
Inflections: Plural unchanged.
Origin: From a proper name. combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Marshall , -ese suffix.
Etymology: < the name of the Marshall Islands, a republic in the central Pacific Ocean made up of two chains of coral atolls ( < the name of Captain John or William Marshall , English merchant seaman, who visited the islands in 1788 with Captain Thomas Gilbert: compare Gilbertese adj. and n.) + -ese suffix.
A. n.
1. The Micronesian language of the inhabitants of the Marshall Islands.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [noun] > Austronesian > Micronesian
Gilbertese1899
Marshallese1945
Micronesian1955
1945 Language 21 267 The orthography of Marshallese was devised by American Protestant missionaries in the middle of the last century.
1964 E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Translating iii. 54 In Marshallese, a language of Micronesia, a number of psychological states are described in terms of the throat.
1972 J. L. Dillard Black Eng. iv. 161 In the case of Melanesian Pidgin,..he also recognizes the influence of a similar structure in Marshallese.
1998 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 407/2 Marshallese has the largest number of speakers (30,000) of any Micronesian language.
2. A native or inhabitant of the Marshall Islands.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Pacific islands > [noun]
Otaheitan1769
South Sea Islander1777
Pacific Islander1785
Polynesian1807
Fijian1809
Tahitian1825
Pitcairner1831
Rarotongan1837
Micronesian1847
Tongan1853
Samoan1856
Niuean1863
Solomon Islander1864
Lifuan1873
Cook Islander1888
Gilbertese1902
Nauruan1921
Trobriander1922
Pascuan1937
Palauan1946
Marshallese1948
Trobriand Islander1951
Belauan1974
Tuvaluan1975
1948 Far Eastern Q. 7 293 Mason, Leonard (F), Economic organization of the Marshallese.
1963 Current Anthropol. 4 191/2 The Micronesians..are represented principally by the Marshallese.
1987 New Yorker 16 Feb. 72/1 The Marshallese are very religious.
1994 New Scientist 30 July 3/1 The Marshallese claim that documents..prove..that the US knowingly let them stay out in the open as fallout drifted over their islands.
B. adj.
Of, belonging to, or relating to the Marshallese people or language.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [adjective] > Austronesian > of Austronesian languages
Formosan1650
Moluccan1700
Bugis1808
Tagalog1808
Murut1836
Indonesian1850
Lifu1852
Motuan1885
Buginese1897
Dusun1897
Pangasinan1904
Lifuan1917
Pilipino1936
Marshallese1945
Yami1953
Tolai1963
1945 Language 21 267 (heading) Notes on Marshallese consonant phonemes.
1950 Pacific Affairs 23 431 The author presents a social portrait of many facets of Marshallese life.
1971 Language 47 734 The glossary..differentiates between some Marshallese words which are semantically and phonemically distinct but tend to be spelled alike by previous European students of the language—and by most Marshallese.
1975 Nature 25 Sept. 284/1 A comprehensive survey of the total radiological environment of the Eniwetok Atoll..for determining whether or not the atoll can be safely reinhabited by the former Marshallese population.
1986 New Yorker 11 Aug. 23/1 The..stamps..went over well with the Marshallese authorities.
1994 New Scientist 30 July 3/1 Tony de Brum, a Marshallese senator, claims that he saw American ships arriving on his atoll.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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