| 释义 |
Lisu, n. and a.|ˈliːˌsuː|
Also Lissoo, Lissu, Li su, and varr. Pl. unchanged or Lisus.
[Lisu self-designation.]
A. n.
a. A member of a people indigenous to the mountainous south-western region of China; an ethnic sub-group of the Yi.
b. The Tibeto-Burman language of this people.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or concerned with the Lisu or their language.
1896Geogr. Jrnl. VII. 301 The Lissus and Lamajen on the Mekong are very timid... [Note] Generally the travellers were well received; sometimes the Lissu bards..sang impromptu songs in honour of the ‘great men’ come from afar. 1908Ibid. XXXII. 260 The Lissoo race..is undoubtedly an offshoot from the south-east of Tibet... None of the Lissoo..show the least trace of Buddhist influence. 1909H. R. Davies Yün-nan 351 Amongst the Lo-lo I have classed the La-hu, the Li-so and the Wo-ni, all three of which can scarcely be considered as more than dialects of some original Lo-lo tongue. Ibid. 391 The name by which these people call themselves is Li-su. This the Chinese have corrupted into Li-so. 1909Geogr. Jrnl. XXXIV. 610 The travellers' first experience was in the territory of the ‘white’ or tame Liso, whose country extends as far north as..lat. 26°25′.., whilst beyond this point lie the villages of the ‘black’ or wild Liso. 1923C. M. Enriquez Burmese Arcady ix. 137 The various Lisu dialects vary considerably and are not mutually intelligible. 1948G. H. Johnson Death takes Small Bites i. 26 A moon-faced Lisu began again to pluck spasmodically at the strings of a guitar. 1977Yin Ming United & Equal 4 There is hardly any place along China's long border without its communities of minority nationalities. Among them are..the Lisu, Tulung, Nu, Chingpo, Wa, Tai and Yi in Yunnan. 1983Word XXXIV. 63 There are sentences in Lisu that are synonyms with different surface forms. 1992Cultural Survival Q. Fall 25/2 Patrilineal groups such as Akha, Hmong, and Lisu, place great emphasis on male children. |