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Sherpa|ˈʃɜːpə|
Also 9 Serpa, Sharpa.
[ad. Tibetan sharpa, inhabitant of an eastern country.]
1. (A member of) a Tibetan people living on the southern slopes of the Himalayas. Also attrib. or as adj.
1847B. H. Hodgson in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal XVI. 1237 Cis-Himálayan Bhotias vel Tibetans, called..Serpa, &c. Ibid. 1238 The sub-Himálayan races..inhabit all the central and temperate parts of these mountains, the juxta nivean or nethermost tracts being left to the Rongbo vel Sérpá. 1874― Ess. on Nepál & Tibet ii. ii. 30 Cis-Himálayan Bhotias vel Tibetans, called Rongbo,..Sérpa or Sharpa etc. 1922G. H. Leigh-Mallory in C. K. Howard-Bury Mount Everest xiv. 224 The Tibetan coolies..were notably less strong than our Sherpas. 1924Glasgow Herald 16 Apr. 10/6 Two of them after a merry-making battered each other in a terrific manner, but the following morning..they were nursing each other with the greatest care and mutual pity. Such is a Sherpa porter. 1950T. Longstaff This my Voyage iv. 67 He..had not yet shown us that Sherpas could be the mainstay of any Himalayan expedition. 1970Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 11 Nov. 38/4 Sen Tensing, the sherpa bearer, shuddered in fright. 1979Daily Tel. 17 May 1/4 One of mountaineering's best known Sherpas, Ang Phu, was feared killed yesterday in a fall on Everest after helping a Yugoslav expedition put a second team on the summit.
2. transf. and fig. A mountain guide or porter; a guide; an official who makes the preparations for a summit conference.
1959M. Pugh Chancer 137 What was the idea of trying that cliff? Did you fancy your chance as a sherpa? 1976P. Cave High Flying Birds iii. 35 ‘O.K.,’ I said. ‘Lead the way, sherpa.’ 1980Times 23 June 1/2 The seven leaders inevitably based much of their comment on the draft communique drawn up for publication after the meeting by the seven government officials—known as the ‘sherpas’—who have been charged with preparing this summit. |