Micronesiann.adj.

Brit.

/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈniːzj(ə)n/,

/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈniːʒn/, U.S.

/ˌmaɪkroʊˈniʒ(ə)n/,

/ˌmaɪkroʊˈnɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: 1800s– Micronesian, 1800s– Mikronesian (rare).

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Micronesia , -an suffix.

Etymology: < Micronesia, the name of a group of small islands in the western region of the North Pacific, including the Caroline, Mariana, and Marshall Islands, Kiribati, and many smaller islands ( < ancient Greek μικρο- micro- comb. form + -nesia (in the name of Polynesia : see polynesia n.), with the intended sense ‘the region of small islands’) + -an suffix. Compare medieval Greek μικρόνησος small island. N.E.D. (1906) gives only the pronunciation (məikronī·ʃⁱăn) /maɪkrəʊˈniːʃ(ɪ)ən/.

A. n.

a. A native or inhabitant of Micronesia.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Pacific islands > [noun]

Otaheitan1769

South Sea Islander1777

Pacific Islander1785

Polynesian1807

Fijian1809

Tahitian1825

Pitcairner1831

Rarotongan1837

Micronesian1847

Tongan1853

Samoan1856

Niuean1863

Solomon Islander1864

Lifuan1873

Cook Islander1888

Gilbertese1902

Nauruan1921

Trobriander1922

Pascuan1937

Palauan1946

Marshallese1948

Trobriand Islander1951

Belauan1974

Tuvaluan1975

the world > people > ethnicities > Polynesian, Melanesian, and Micronesian > [noun]

Polynesian1807

Alfur1814

Oceanian1822

Tikopian1832

kanaka1840

Alfurian1842

Melanesian1845

Cook Islander1888

Micronesian1900

Pasifika1997

1847 J. C. Prichard Res. Physical Hist. Mankind (ed. 3) V. 157 A certain difference has been noted between the Micronesians and the Polynesians in general.

1890 D. G. Brinton Races & Peoples 235 Some ethnographers would make the Polynesians and Micronesians a different race from the Malays.

1900 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 490 The Micronesians will be the happier for this transfer.

1974 Times 21 Jan. 12/8 The High Commissioner..expects that a Micronesian will succeed him.

1984 Listener 4 Oct. 12/1 There are stocky, dark-skinned highlanders,..peaceful islanders, hook-nosed swamp-dwellers, Melanesians, Micronesians and Polynesians.

1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) x. i. 396/1 Fingerprint and palmprint patterns in Pacific populations show a striking separation: Polynesians, Micronesians.., Melanesian Austronesian speakers and other Melanesians..can all be distinguished.

b. The group of Austronesian languages spoken in Micronesia.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [noun] > Austronesian > Micronesian

Gilbertese1899

Marshallese1945

Micronesian1955

1955 Amer. Anthropologist 57 339 The groupings are..Polynesian..(?) Micronesian (all the languages of Micronesia except Palauan and Chamorro; the membership of this grouping in the New Hebrides–Banks subgroup is highly probable, but not certain).

1987 M. Ruhlen Guide World's Langs. I. v. 166 The Oceanic subgroup appears to be a valid genetic node, as do innumerable small families (e.g. Polynesian, Micronesian, Loyalty Islands [etc.]).

B. adj.

Of or relating to Micronesia, its people, or their languages.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Pacific islands > [adjective]

Otaheitana1771

Tahitian1822

Fijian1846

Samoan1846

Micronesian1847

Niuean1868

Tonga1891

Gilbertese1893

Lifuan1917

Pascuan1940

Palauan1946

Belauan1974

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Pacific Islands > [adjective] > Micronesia

Micronesian1847

1847 J. C. Prichard Res. Physical Hist. Mankind (ed. 3) V. 157 Micronesia, or the Micronesian Archipelago.

1877 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 6 392 The language of Yap..is the only Micronesian language in which the numerals are formed in the manner in question.

1884 W. Turner in Rep. Sci. Results Voy. H.M.S. Challenger: Zool. X. 82 The islands of the Mikronesian group.

1899 F. W. Christian in Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 28 288 (title) On Micronesian weapons, dress, implements.

1945 Language 21 214 In the vocabularies of the Micronesian languages..evidence of earlier use of English has remained in the form of loan-words.

1974 Times 21 Jan. 12/6 Some Micronesian families connected by marriage with Japanese see themselves in a strong compradore position.

1987 New Yorker 16 Feb. 72/2 An affable, bored Micronesian lady.

1997 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 19 Jan. 7 Attracted by reports of an isolated community of color-blind people on a Micronesian island, he set off to find it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	micronesian
释义	Micronesiann.adj. Brit. /ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈniːzj(ə)n/, /ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈniːʒn/, U.S. /ˌmaɪkroʊˈniʒ(ə)n/, /ˌmaɪkroʊˈnɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: 1800s– Micronesian, 1800s– Mikronesian (rare). Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Micronesia , -an suffix. Etymology: < Micronesia, the name of a group of small islands in the western region of the North Pacific, including the Caroline, Mariana, and Marshall Islands, Kiribati, and many smaller islands ( < ancient Greek μικρο- micro- comb. form + -nesia (in the name of Polynesia : see polynesia n.), with the intended sense ‘the region of small islands’) + -an suffix. Compare medieval Greek μικρόνησος small island. N.E.D. (1906) gives only the pronunciation (məikronī·ʃⁱăn) /maɪkrəʊˈniːʃ(ɪ)ən/. A. n. a. A native or inhabitant of Micronesia. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Pacific islands > [noun] Otaheitan1769 South Sea Islander1777 Pacific Islander1785 Polynesian1807 Fijian1809 Tahitian1825 Pitcairner1831 Rarotongan1837 Micronesian1847 Tongan1853 Samoan1856 Niuean1863 Solomon Islander1864 Lifuan1873 Cook Islander1888 Gilbertese1902 Nauruan1921 Trobriander1922 Pascuan1937 Palauan1946 Marshallese1948 Trobriand Islander1951 Belauan1974 Tuvaluan1975 the world > people > ethnicities > Polynesian, Melanesian, and Micronesian > [noun] Polynesian1807 Alfur1814 Oceanian1822 Tikopian1832 kanaka1840 Alfurian1842 Melanesian1845 Cook Islander1888 Micronesian1900 Pasifika1997 1847 J. C. Prichard Res. Physical Hist. Mankind (ed. 3) V. 157 A certain difference has been noted between the Micronesians and the Polynesians in general. 1890 D. G. Brinton Races & Peoples 235 Some ethnographers would make the Polynesians and Micronesians a different race from the Malays. 1900 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 490 The Micronesians will be the happier for this transfer. 1974 Times 21 Jan. 12/8 The High Commissioner..expects that a Micronesian will succeed him. 1984 Listener 4 Oct. 12/1 There are stocky, dark-skinned highlanders,..peaceful islanders, hook-nosed swamp-dwellers, Melanesians, Micronesians and Polynesians. 1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) x. i. 396/1 Fingerprint and palmprint patterns in Pacific populations show a striking separation: Polynesians, Micronesians.., Melanesian Austronesian speakers and other Melanesians..can all be distinguished. b. The group of Austronesian languages spoken in Micronesia. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [noun] > Austronesian > Micronesian Gilbertese1899 Marshallese1945 Micronesian1955 1955 Amer. Anthropologist 57 339 The groupings are..Polynesian..(?) Micronesian (all the languages of Micronesia except Palauan and Chamorro; the membership of this grouping in the New Hebrides–Banks subgroup is highly probable, but not certain). 1987 M. Ruhlen Guide World's Langs. I. v. 166 The Oceanic subgroup appears to be a valid genetic node, as do innumerable small families (e.g. Polynesian, Micronesian, Loyalty Islands [etc.]). B. adj. Of or relating to Micronesia, its people, or their languages. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Pacific islands > [adjective] Otaheitana1771 Tahitian1822 Fijian1846 Samoan1846 Micronesian1847 Niuean1868 Tonga1891 Gilbertese1893 Lifuan1917 Pascuan1940 Palauan1946 Belauan1974 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Pacific Islands > [adjective] > Micronesia Micronesian1847 1847 J. C. Prichard Res. Physical Hist. Mankind (ed. 3) V. 157 Micronesia, or the Micronesian Archipelago. 1877 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 6 392 The language of Yap..is the only Micronesian language in which the numerals are formed in the manner in question. 1884 W. Turner in Rep. Sci. Results Voy. H.M.S. Challenger: Zool. X. 82 The islands of the Mikronesian group. 1899 F. W. Christian in Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 28 288 (title) On Micronesian weapons, dress, implements. 1945 Language 21 214 In the vocabularies of the Micronesian languages..evidence of earlier use of English has remained in the form of loan-words. 1974 Times 21 Jan. 12/6 Some Micronesian families connected by marriage with Japanese see themselves in a strong compradore position. 1987 New Yorker 16 Feb. 72/2 An affable, bored Micronesian lady. 1997 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 19 Jan. 7 Attracted by reports of an isolated community of color-blind people on a Micronesian island, he set off to find it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1847
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