nanton.

Brit.

/ˈnantəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈnænˌtoʊ/, Australian English

/ˈnæntoʊ/

Forms: 1800s– nanto, 1900s– nantoo, 1900s– nantu.

Origin: A borrowing from Kaurna. Etymon: Kaurna nanto.

Etymology: < Kaurna (Adelaide region) nanto horse, short for pindi nanto, lit. ‘European kangaroo’ < pindi European + nanto male grey kangaroo.Compare the following documentation of Aboriginal use: 1839 W. Williams Vocab. Aborigines 16 Nan-tah, horse.1887 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 16 328 The word nanto belongs to the language of the tribes about Adelaide, where it meant kangaroo, and had thence been carried onwards by the advancing settlers..in its secondary and adapted meaning of horse.1929 ‘A. Russell’ Bungoona 7 If I were to remark that old Blossom was a bungoona nanta I'd really mean to convey to you, in the lingo of the blacks, that Bloss was a jolly good old horse.

Australian. Now rare.

A horse.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun]

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1889 Arrow 20 July 2 And then the cove looks at our ‘Nantos’ and says he, ‘Well, I'm your man.’

1907 ‘S. Partridge’ Rocky Section 12 Take old Vagabond and run him on the section, and you'll always have a second nanto if anything happens to the other.

1924 F. J. Mills Happy Days 8 ‘That ain't much of a lookin' nanto,’ said one, indicating a large chestnut horse.

1957 W. E. Harvey Life among Aborigines 12 They saw many ‘kutebas’ come to Mudba with their strange ‘nantus’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nanto
释义	nanton. Brit. /ˈnantəʊ/, U.S. /ˈnænˌtoʊ/, Australian English /ˈnæntoʊ/ Forms: 1800s– nanto, 1900s– nantoo, 1900s– nantu. Origin: A borrowing from Kaurna. Etymon: Kaurna nanto. Etymology: < Kaurna (Adelaide region) nanto horse, short for pindi nanto, lit. ‘European kangaroo’ < pindi European + nanto male grey kangaroo.Compare the following documentation of Aboriginal use: 1839 W. Williams Vocab. Aborigines 16 Nan-tah, horse.1887 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 16 328 The word nanto belongs to the language of the tribes about Adelaide, where it meant kangaroo, and had thence been carried onwards by the advancing settlers..in its secondary and adapted meaning of horse.1929 ‘A. Russell’ Bungoona 7 If I were to remark that old Blossom was a bungoona nanta I'd really mean to convey to you, in the lingo of the blacks, that Bloss was a jolly good old horse. Australian. Now rare. A horse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] horsec825 blonkOE brockc1000 mareOE stota1100 caplec1290 foala1300 rouncyc1300 scot1319 caballc1450 jade1553 chival1567 prancer1567 ball1570 pranker1591 roussin1602 wormly1606 cheval1609 sonipes1639 neigher1649 quadruped1660 keffel1699 prad1703 jig1706 hoss1815 cayuse1841 yarraman1848 quad1854 plug1860 bronco1869 gee-gee1869 quadrupedant1870 rabbit1882 gee1887 neddy1887 nanto1889 prod1891 goat1894 skin1918 bang-tail1921 horsy1923 steed- 1889 Arrow 20 July 2 And then the cove looks at our ‘Nantos’ and says he, ‘Well, I'm your man.’ 1907 ‘S. Partridge’ Rocky Section 12 Take old Vagabond and run him on the section, and you'll always have a second nanto if anything happens to the other. 1924 F. J. Mills Happy Days 8 ‘That ain't much of a lookin' nanto,’ said one, indicating a large chestnut horse. 1957 W. E. Harvey Life among Aborigines 12 They saw many ‘kutebas’ come to Mudba with their strange ‘nantus’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1889
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