单词 | shelta |
释义 | Sheltan.adj. A. n. A language used by Travellers in Ireland and the United Kingdom, largely featuring systematically altered Irish and Gaelic words in a syntactic and grammatical structure based on that of English.Shelta has sometimes been used as a secret language to conceal what is being said from non-speakers. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Celtic > Goidelic > Irish > varieties of ogham1661 Shelta1880 bog Latin1891 1880 C. G. Leland in New Q. Mag. Jan. 136 Now Romanis is genteel... But as for this other jib, its wery hard to talk. It is most all Old Irish, and they calls it Shelter. 1929 Jrnl. Gypsy Lore Soc. 8 110 As he had a son Noah..who always used the surname O'Connor, and who spoke Shelta as well as Romani, it seems probable that his wife was an Irish traveller. 1999 M. Greenwood et al. Ireland: Rough Guide II. i. 91 In fact, shelta has nothing to do with Romany..but the travellers do share with gypsies an impressive knowledge of horses. B. adj. (in attributive use). Of or belonging to Shelta; written or spoken in this language. ΚΠ 1880 C. G. Leland in New Q. Mag. Jan. 140 Our informant could only give a single specimen of the Shelta literature. 1911 19th Cent. & After Sept. 552 Many Shelta words were framed on Gaelic words which had long been obsolete in the form known to the original fabricator of the Shelta equivalent. 2013 S. H. Motherway Globalization of Irish Trad. Song Performance iii. 75 In time, the use of the Shelta language by the Travelling community became a means of defining themselves as a distinct ethnic group. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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