| 单词 | tangata whenua |
| 释义 | > as lemmastangata whenua 2. tangata whenua /fɛˈnʊa/, lit. ‘people of the land’, local people (e.g. as opposed to nga manuhiri the visitors). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > original inhabitant aborigine?1529 autochthon1579 aborigen1587 native1603 originals1703 aboriginal1749 primitive1779 aboriginary1869 tangata whenua1949 1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) i. v. 65 The Maori people who were in occupation of New Zealand at the time of European contact were the descendants of the intermixture of three successive groups of immigrants: the moa-hunters and the early tangata whenua [etc.]. 1974 N.Z. Listener 20 July 13/1 The body was lying in state on the stage at the end of the hall and the tangata whenua were seated. 1974 National Geographic Aug. 196 The men who hunted Dinornis..were called by later Polynesians tangata whenua... But the name by which they are commonly known in English is the more appropriate one: moa-hunters. < as lemmas |
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