单词 | marshallese |
释义 | Marshallesen.adj. A. n. 1. The Micronesian language of the inhabitants of the Marshall Islands. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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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