| 释义 |
Limbu, n. and a.|ˈlɪmbuː|
Also Limboo.
[Native name.]
A. n.
a. A member of a Mongoloid people of eastern Nepal; this people collectively.
b. The Tibeto-Burman language of the Limbu people.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Limbu people or their language.
1819F. Hamilton Acct. Kingdom Nepal i. 54 Among the Kirats was settled a tribe called Limbu... Their languages are said to be different. 1840Jrnl. R. Asiatic Soc. Bengal IX. 495 The Limboos form a large portion of the inhabitants in the mountainous country lying between the Dood-Koosi and the Kanki rivers, in Nipal. 1854J. D. Hooker Himalayan Journals I. v. 138 The Limboo language is totally different from the Lepcha, with less of the z in it, and more labials and palatals, hence more pleasing. 1880H. A. Oldfield Sk. from Nipal I. iii. 53 The country of the Kirantis and Limbus at the present time is divided into fifty-two small subahships. 1909G. A. Grierson Ling. Surv. India III. i. 283 The Limbus are one of the principal tribes of Eastern Nepal... We have no information about the number of speakers of Limbu in Nepal. 1928Northey & Morris Gurkhas xv. 217 The Limbu race is now divided into a large number of tribes. These tribes were formerly centred, in groups, in ten different districts of the Limbu country. 1939R. Godden Black Narcissus v. 54 She was learning to distinguish between the State natives and the hill clans, the Lepchas and Bhotiyas and Limbus. 1970Rose & Fisher Politics Nepal i. 12 The Limbus,..are making a serious effort to revive their local language as a literary medium after long years of its suppression under Gorkha rule. 1971K. Kent in C. Bonington Annapurna South Face App. H. 310 Later, the Eastern tribes (Rais and Limbus) were also recruited, and, together with some lesser-known but other martial tribes, also became known under the general title of Gurkhas. |