单词 | balinese |
释义 | Balineseadj.n. A. adj. Of or pertaining to the island of Bali in Indonesia, or to its inhabitants. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Malaysia and Indonesia > [adjective] > specific islands Philippine1603 Javan1613 Papuan1786 Balinese1820 Javanese1841 Sundanesian1876 Madurese1880 Filipino1900 Irian1950 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Indonesia > [adjective] > parts of Moluccan1700 Sumatran?1760 Balinese1820 Timorese1964 1820 J. Crawfurd Hist. Indian Archipel. II. v. i. 27 They..have been translated into the Balinese and Malay languages. 1935 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Aug. 508/4 Another important class of Balinese antiquities is richly carved water-spouts. B. n. 1. A native of Bali; as collective singular, the people of Bali. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Indonesia > [noun] > parts of Javan1606 Moluccan1613 Sumatran1613 Javanese1704 Minangkabaua1811 Madurese1817 Balinese1820 Sundanese1849 Maduran1853 1820 J. Crawfurd Hist. Indian Archipel. I. i. iv. 69 The diversion of cock-fighting is most especially in vogue among the Malays, the people of Celebes, and the Balinese. 1872 Appletons' Jrnl. Aug. 120/2 Many of the Balinese seem to possess sarongs of this description. 2. The language spoken by this people. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [noun] > Austronesian > Sundic > specific Sundic languages Rejang1783 Sumatran1799 Balinese1820 Sundanese1849 Sasak1961 Iban1969 1820 J. Crawfurd Hist. Indian Archipel. II. v. iv. 69 The Balinese is the sole language of the island of Bali. 1954 M. A. Pei & F. Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 25 Balinese, a language spoken by about 1,000,000 persons on the island of Bali; a member of the Indonesian sub-family of the Malayo-Polynesian family of languages. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.1820 |
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