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单词 sepik
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Sepikn.

/ˈsɛpɪk/
Etymology: < the name of the river.
The name of a river and district in Papua New Guinea, used attributively of the peoples of the district and of their languages and artefacts.
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1949 M. Mead Male & Female viii. 178 The Sepik peoples—Iatmul, Tchambuk, and Mundugumor—make little of menstruation ceremonies.
1966 ‘E. Lindall’ Time too Soon (1967) xii. 120 We've got two Sepik policemen here.
1971 Current Trends in Linguistics VIII. 516 The first modern study of Sepik languages was that undertaken by Laycock.
1973 Sunday Times 10 June (Colour Suppl.) 42/1 Certain Protestants were notorious for destroying all native works of art, especially Sepik sculptures.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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