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Andaman, a. and n.|ˈændəmən|
[f. Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.]
A. adj. Of or belonging to the Andaman Islands, or pertaining to their inhabitants or language, esp. in Andaman islander.
B. n. The language of the Andaman people.
1848J. Crawfurd in Jrnl. Indian Archipelago II. 206 On comparing the native portion of the language of Wageou with that of the Sámang, and the words of the Andaman, no resemblance can be found between them. 1860Mayne Reid Odd People 412 We trace in the Andaman islander the true physiognomy of a negro. a1873Mill Ess. Relig. (1874) 193 It is to suppose that God could not, in the first instance, create anything better than a Bosjeman or an Andaman islander. 1936J. R. Kantor Obj. Psychol. Gram. xv. 208 An animate and inanimate division is also found in Andaman, the language of the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. 1952Jrnl. R. Anthrop. Inst. LXXI. 17/1 An analysis of the non-totemic Andaman Islanders. 1955Nomencl. Comm. Timbers (B.S.I.) 66 Pterocarpus dalbergioides, Andaman padauk; Andaman redwood (U.S.A.). |