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单词 tjilpi
释义

tjilpi

/ˈtʃɪlpi /
noun (plural same or tjilpis) Australian
(In Aboriginal English) an old man: children listen as a tjilpi tells of the creatures he knew as a youth...
  • Are 'elders' restricted to the old men and women — the Tjilpi and the Urlkumanu — whose authority derives from esoteric knowledge and life experience?
  • She said tjilpi are often quite unaware of the nature of problems in the larger world.
  • Tjilpi is ascribed to those whose seniority makes them worthy of respect.

Origin

1970s: from Western Desert language.

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