| 释义 |
Maria, n. and a.|ˈmærɪə|
Also Maree.
A. n. A member of a jungle-dwelling Dravidian people of central India; also, the native (Dravidian) language of this people.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people or their language.
1827R. Jenkins Rep. Territories Rajah of Nagpore ii. 33 The wildest of these Gonds are the Marees. They generally go in a state of complete nudity, and even their women have no covering, but aprons of leaves. a1863S. Hislop in G. Smith Stephen Hislop (1888) 22 Moria Gonds..are more civilized than the Márias. 1863Sel. Rec. Govt. India Foreign Dept. No. 39. 14 The language in this talook is Teloogoo and Maria. The population is composed mainly of Marias and Telingas. 1882H. B. Rowney Wild Tribes India i. i. 5 The Máree Gonds..live in the wildest parts of the province of Nágpore. 1938W. V. Grigson Maria Gonds of Bastar iii. 49, I divide the so-called Marias into two divisions, the Hill Marias of the Abujhmar mountains, and the Bison-horn Marias. 1944I. Singh Gondwana & Gonds ii. 22 The Marias formerly roamed about in a state of nature and then..adopted leaves and barks as their garments. 1962Listener 29 Nov. 893/1 Every young member of Indian jungle tribes like the Maria. 1971[see Gond n. and a.]. |