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单词 bruneian
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Bruneiann.adj.

Brit. /brʊˈnʌɪən/, /ˈbruːnʌɪən/, U.S. /ˌbruˈnaɪən/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Brunei , -an suffix.
Etymology: < Brunei, the name of a country in South-East Asia ( < Malay Brunei ) + -an suffix. Compare Borneo n.Malay Brunei is of uncertain origin; compare Old Javanese Buruneng, probably referring to the country (a1365).
A. n.
A native or inhabitant of Brunei.
ΚΠ
1880 F. W. Burbidge Gardens of Sun xiv. 288 I find that ‘Kurus’, one of my men, a shock-haired Bruneian, has brought in my buffalo.
1953 West Australian (Perth) 15 Oct. 2/3 The restlessness is not among the Dyaks, Malays and Chinese who work in the oilfields, but among the young and imperfectly educated Bruneians.
1985 Jrnl. S.E. Asian Stud. 16 166 While the author is a Malaysian and not a Bruneian, he has nonetheless made a serious attempt to see and study these developments from ‘the Brunei..point of view’.
2004 Daily Tel. 15 Sept. 13/1 The first Bruneians..built their homes over the water instead of cutting down the impenetrable rainforest on shore.
B. adj.
Of or relating to Brunei or its inhabitants.
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1895 J. Prenger in Actes du 10ème Congrès Internat. des Orientalistes 1894 IV. v. 22 A small proportion of Brunei's population, restricting themselves to a life on the rivers, acknowledge the rule of a Bruneian prince.
1950 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 28 May 10 They fear there will be insufficient time for Patricia to be naturalised. She has a Bruneian birth certificate.
1971 Ann. Rep. Brunei (Colonial Office) viii. 214 Another Bruneian Doctor went to London in 1971 to study Public Health and to obtain the D.P.H.
1995 M. Lewis Singapore: Rough Guide 148/1 Singapore's only Bruneian restaurant, with an inevitably strong Indonesian influence.
2001 V. B. Y. Ooi Evolving Identities Gloss. 185 Varieties of English that have evolved as a result of colonisation under the British or Americans, including Bruneian English, Filipino English, Indian English, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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