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Annamite, a. and n.|ˈænæmaɪt|
Also 9 Anamite.
[f. as prec. + -ite.]
= Annamese a. and n. Hence (now rare) Annaˈmitic a. [cf. mod.L. Annamiticum (A. De Rhodes, Dictionarium Annamiticum 1651)].
1838P. S. du Ponceau Diss. Nature & Char. Chinese Syst. Writing i. vii. 87 Of one of them only, a dictionary and a short grammar exists in Europe. It is the Anamitic, or, as some write it, Annamitic, the language of the country of Anam. 1847Jrnl. Indian Archipelago I. 112 The Anamite language is monosyllabic. a1861H. Mouhot Trav. Central Parts Indo-China (1864) I. vii. 205 My Annamite was with me, and filled the office of interpreter. 1862[see prec.]. 1877Trans. Philol. Soc. 1875–6 83 Cambojan..has loan-words from Malay, Pali, Annamite, and Mon. Ibid. 84 Every town has at least four names, being known under a different combination of syllables by the Siamese, Annamites, Cambojans and Savage peoples. 1910G. M. Vassal On & Off Duty in Annam 1 The ‘Annamitic Chain’ expands in North Tongking, traverses Annam, where the highest peaks..are to be found. 1921E. Sapir Language 205 Chinese has flooded the vocabularies of Corean, Japanese, and Annamite for centuries, but has received nothing in return. 1936Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Nov. 915/4 The presence of black Senegalese and yellow Annamite troops. |