单词 | tibetic |
释义 | Tibeticn.adj. A. n. Originally: the Tibetan language; = Tibetan n. 2. Later usually: a subgroup of Tibeto-Burman which includes varieties of Tibetan and other closely related languages. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [noun] > Tibeto-Burman > miscellaneous Tibeto-Burman languages Magar1811 Tibetan1822 Bhotia1824 Tibetic1833 Lepcha1840 Gurung1874 Murmi1874 Tibeto-Himalayan1875 Rong1892 Dzongkha1909 Lahu1909 Lisu1909 Newari1928 Thakali1974 Tamang1977 1833 Q. Jrnl. Educ. 6 370 A college for translations [exists] in Peking... Its main object is to rear interpreters for eight different languages, viz., Sanskrit, Siamic,..Thibetic, Birmanic, [etc.]. 1891 A. D. Vandam tr. E. Renan Future of Sci. viii. 124 M. Foucaux has for the last few years tried to introduce into France the study of Thibetic. 1987 Diachronica 4 180 Tibeto-Burman..consists of Tibetic, Baric, and Burmic, each with many languages in it. 2013 N. Tournadre in N. W. Hill & T. Owen-Smith Trans-Himalayan Linguistics 110 The regularity of sound changes in Tibetic may again be exemplified by the reflexes of the initial consonant cluster SR. B. adj. Of or relating to Tibet, its inhabitants, or their language. In later use esp.: designating a subgroup of Tibeto-Burman which includes varieties of Tibetan and other closely related languages; belonging or relating to this subgroup. Cf. Tibetan adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > Tibet Tibetian1791 Tibetan1828 Tibetic1845 Tibeto-Himalayan1875 Tangutan1876 Tibeto-Burman1878 the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [adjective] > Tibeto-Burman > Tibetic Murmi1819 Tibetic1863 Rong1876 Lepcha1877 Lisu1896 Gurung1928 Bhotian1948 Tamang1962 Ladakhi- the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Nepal or Tibet > [adjective] Tibetian1791 Tibetan1828 Pahari1837 Bhutanese1880 Tibetic1950 1845 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 39 390 The most learned and experienced travellers in India..who are all familiar with the Himalaya..are agreed as to the higher elevation of the snow-limit on the Thibetic declivities of the range. 1863 C. L. Brace Races Old World (New York ed.) xiii. 147 The Tibetic language is much less advanced grammatically, than the Tamulic. 1950 Bull. Museum Far Eastern Antiq. No. 22 117 The Tibetic Nomads have continued to raise sheep in a very archaic form even to-day. 1997 L. Stassen Intransitive Predication v. 200 Among them [sc. languages in a sample] we find members of the Tibetic family (Classical Tibetan, Lepcha, Dumi). 2016 Jrnl. S. Asian Langs. & Linguistics 3 197 Ladakhi belongs to the large family of Tibetic languages. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.adj.1833 |
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