Sheltan.adj.

Brit.

/ˈʃɛltə/, U.S.

/ˈʃɛltə/

Forms: 1800s shelter, 1800s– shelta, 1900s shelru, 1900s– sheldru (rare). Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Shelta. Etymon: Shelta Sheldrū.

Etymology: < Shelta Sheldrū, of uncertain origin, perhaps ultimately an alteration of Irish béarla speech (Early Irish bélrae , bélrad ; < bél mouth (of uncertain origin) + rád speech, act of speaking, verbal noun of ráidid speaks: see read v.).A relationship with Irish lucht-siúl travellers, literally ‘walking people’, has also been suggested, but this is unlikely, as this expression is not typically used to denote the Travellers as a community. Compare the following, which lists more forms of the language name, although some of these may be intended to show the Shelta etymon (especially those using special characters):1891 Sampson in Jrnl. Gypsy Lore Soc. II. 206 Like all true citizens of the road, the tinkers protect themselves by the use of a secret language, variously known as Shelta, Sheldrū, Shīldru, Shelter, and Shelteroχ, ‘Bog Latin’, ‘Tinkers' Cant’, or ‘the Ould Thing’.

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.

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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).

单词	shelta
释义	Sheltan.adj. Brit. /ˈʃɛltə/, U.S. /ˈʃɛltə/ Forms: 1800s shelter, 1800s– shelta, 1900s shelru, 1900s– sheldru (rare). Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Shelta. Etymon: Shelta Sheldrū. Etymology: < Shelta Sheldrū, of uncertain origin, perhaps ultimately an alteration of Irish béarla speech (Early Irish bélrae , bélrad ; < bél mouth (of uncertain origin) + rád speech, act of speaking, verbal noun of ráidid speaks: see read v.).A relationship with Irish lucht-siúl travellers, literally ‘walking people’, has also been suggested, but this is unlikely, as this expression is not typically used to denote the Travellers as a community. Compare the following, which lists more forms of the language name, although some of these may be intended to show the Shelta etymon (especially those using special characters):1891 Sampson in Jrnl. Gypsy Lore Soc. II. 206 Like all true citizens of the road, the tinkers protect themselves by the use of a secret language, variously known as Shelta, Sheldrū, Shīldru, Shelter, and Shelteroχ, ‘Bog Latin’, ‘Tinkers' Cant’, or ‘the Ould Thing’. 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). < n.adj.1880
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