alcheran.

Brit.

/ˈaltdʒɪrə/, U.S.

/ˈæltdʒɪrə/

Forms: 1800s altgiva (probably transmission error), 1900s– alchera, 1900s– altjera, 1900s– altjerra, 1800s– altjira.

Origin: A borrowing from Aranda. Etymon: Aranda altjerre.

Etymology: < Aranda (Northern Territory) altjerre dream. With sense 2 compare earlier alcheringa n. and dreamtime n.The form altgiva is probably the result of miscopying from handwritten notes (with r misread as v).

†1. In plural. In the mythology of some Australian Aboriginal peoples: the archetypal supernatural beings of the alcheringa; the first ancestors. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1890 F. E. H. W. Krichauff in Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. Australasia 1886–7 S. Austral. Branch 2 35 All of them, the good supernatural beings, they call also ‘altgiva’, as well as the firmament, with the sun, moon, and stars; also the earth, and any things specially remarkable. The word ‘altgiva’ signifies that these had an everlasting existence.

1890 Proc. Geogr. Soc. S. Australasia: S. Austral. Branch 2 105 He also says that the name for the good supernatural beings should be spelt ‘Altjira’.

1891 Trans. & Proc. & Rep. Royal Soc. S. Austral. 14 242 They pretend that these tjurunga arknanoa were altjira—that is, were not made.

2. In the mythology of some Australian Aboriginal peoples: = alcheringa n.

ΚΠ

1927 Times 9 May p. xix/5 There are numberless traditions and ceremonies concerned with his ancestors and their doings in the far past mythic times called the Alchera.

1959 S. H. Courtier Death in Dream Time iv. 43 The natives..who had learned the white man's tongue found the word dream to come nearest to what they meant by Alchera.

1965 W. E. H. Stanner in R. M. Berndt & C. H. Berndt Aboriginal Man in Austral. 214 A full understanding of the Aboriginal view of life and the world requires a careful study of the whole body of doctrine about the Dream Time (altjira, bugari).

1997 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (Nexis) 1 Aug. b7 ‘Alchera’... refers to the mythical period when the world was created by ancestral spirits.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alchera
释义	alcheran. Brit. /ˈaltdʒɪrə/, U.S. /ˈæltdʒɪrə/ Forms: 1800s altgiva (probably transmission error), 1900s– alchera, 1900s– altjera, 1900s– altjerra, 1800s– altjira. Origin: A borrowing from Aranda. Etymon: Aranda altjerre. Etymology: < Aranda (Northern Territory) altjerre dream. With sense 2 compare earlier alcheringa n. and dreamtime n.The form altgiva is probably the result of miscopying from handwritten notes (with r misread as v). †1. In plural. In the mythology of some Australian Aboriginal peoples: the archetypal supernatural beings of the alcheringa; the first ancestors. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1890 F. E. H. W. Krichauff in Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. Australasia 1886–7 S. Austral. Branch 2 35 All of them, the good supernatural beings, they call also ‘altgiva’, as well as the firmament, with the sun, moon, and stars; also the earth, and any things specially remarkable. The word ‘altgiva’ signifies that these had an everlasting existence. 1890 Proc. Geogr. Soc. S. Australasia: S. Austral. Branch 2 105 He also says that the name for the good supernatural beings should be spelt ‘Altjira’. 1891 Trans. & Proc. & Rep. Royal Soc. S. Austral. 14 242 They pretend that these tjurunga arknanoa were altjira—that is, were not made. 2. In the mythology of some Australian Aboriginal peoples: = alcheringa n. ΚΠ 1927 Times 9 May p. xix/5 There are numberless traditions and ceremonies concerned with his ancestors and their doings in the far past mythic times called the Alchera. 1959 S. H. Courtier Death in Dream Time iv. 43 The natives..who had learned the white man's tongue found the word dream to come nearest to what they meant by Alchera. 1965 W. E. H. Stanner in R. M. Berndt & C. H. Berndt Aboriginal Man in Austral. 214 A full understanding of the Aboriginal view of life and the world requires a careful study of the whole body of doctrine about the Dream Time (altjira, bugari). 1997 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (Nexis) 1 Aug. b7 ‘Alchera’... refers to the mythical period when the world was created by ancestral spirits. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1890
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