| 释义 |
Lifuan, n. and a.|ˈliːfʊən|
[f. the name of Lifu Island (see *Lifu n.) + -an.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of Lifu.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Lifu, its people, or its language.
1873S. Macfarlane Story of Lifu Mission 7 There seems to have been amongst the Lifuans a most extraordinary propensity for human flesh, and an utter disregard for human life. 1917Jrnl. R. Anthrop. Inst. XLVII. 240 Lifuan ethnography. Ibid. 247 There is no information..as to whether the Lifuans possess the distinctive body odour attributed to the New Caledonian natives. Ibid. 291 It does not appear that the words in the chiefs' language which differ from the common speech are other than Lifuan. 1977K. R. Howe Loyalty Islands i. 8 Uveans and Lifuans sent shell trinkets as well as chiefs' daughters to the north and central east coast of New Caledonia. |