taungyan.

/ˈtaʊŋjə/

Forms: Also taunggya, † toungya.

Etymology: Burmese, < taung hill + ya plot, field.

A temporary hillside clearing. Usually attributive, designating a method of shifting cultivation practised in Burma (Myanmar), and a system of forest management based on this (see quot. 1938) and employed in tropical countries. Cf. joom n.

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1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 560/2 The system of cultivation known in Bengal as the júm, that is clearing virgin soil by burning, cultivating it for one or two years, and then leaving it again to the jungle, is here [i.e. in Burma] extensively practised under the name of toungya cultivation.

1904 W. Schlich Man. Forestry (ed. 3) II. i. iv. 106 The system is still extensively practised in India under a variety of names, as jhooming, dhya, kumri, taungya cultivation, etc.

1921 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Sept. 574/3 The best system of raising teak is in taungya plantations.

1926 A. G. Tansley & T. F. Chipp Aims & Methods Study Vegetation xi. 257 Plant succession in deserted taungyas or cultivated land.

1938 H. G. Champion in Champion & Trevor Man. Indian Silviculture i. vi. 182 Taungya plantation procedure..depends on getting the cultivator to plant or sow a new forest crop with his food crop, so that when he moves on, useful trees and not weeds will restock the area.

1946 Ali & Lambert Assam 16 One or two tribes have adopted terrace cultivation, but the others depend on the taungya or jhuming system, which is very wasteful.

1952 P. W. Richards Trop. Rain Forest xvii. 378 The destruction of the primary forest which gives rise to secondary successions may take place in different ways and for various reasons. By far the most important cause of destruction up to the present has been the system of shifting cultivation (the ladang system of Malaysia and the taunggya system of Burma) which is practised by nearly all the native peoples of the tropics.

1975 Daily Tel. 6 Oct. 9/3 Dr. Earl commends the ‘taungya’ method of managing eucalyptus plantations in Uganda.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	taungya
释义	taungyan. /ˈtaʊŋjə/ Forms: Also taunggya, † toungya. Etymology: Burmese, < taung hill + ya plot, field. A temporary hillside clearing. Usually attributive, designating a method of shifting cultivation practised in Burma (Myanmar), and a system of forest management based on this (see quot. 1938) and employed in tropical countries. Cf. joom n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > cultivated land > land used in shifting cultivation chena1832 taungya1876 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 560/2 The system of cultivation known in Bengal as the júm, that is clearing virgin soil by burning, cultivating it for one or two years, and then leaving it again to the jungle, is here [i.e. in Burma] extensively practised under the name of toungya cultivation. 1904 W. Schlich Man. Forestry (ed. 3) II. i. iv. 106 The system is still extensively practised in India under a variety of names, as jhooming, dhya, kumri, taungya cultivation, etc. 1921 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Sept. 574/3 The best system of raising teak is in taungya plantations. 1926 A. G. Tansley & T. F. Chipp Aims & Methods Study Vegetation xi. 257 Plant succession in deserted taungyas or cultivated land. 1938 H. G. Champion in Champion & Trevor Man. Indian Silviculture i. vi. 182 Taungya plantation procedure..depends on getting the cultivator to plant or sow a new forest crop with his food crop, so that when he moves on, useful trees and not weeds will restock the area. 1946 Ali & Lambert Assam 16 One or two tribes have adopted terrace cultivation, but the others depend on the taungya or jhuming system, which is very wasteful. 1952 P. W. Richards Trop. Rain Forest xvii. 378 The destruction of the primary forest which gives rise to secondary successions may take place in different ways and for various reasons. By far the most important cause of destruction up to the present has been the system of shifting cultivation (the ladang system of Malaysia and the taunggya system of Burma) which is practised by nearly all the native peoples of the tropics. 1975 Daily Tel. 6 Oct. 9/3 Dr. Earl commends the ‘taungya’ method of managing eucalyptus plantations in Uganda. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1876
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