nativizev.
/ˈneɪtᵻvʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈneɪdəˌvaɪz/ 1. transitive. Linguistics. To adapt (a loan word) to the phonetic structure of the native language; to develop (a pidgin language) into a creole used as a first language.
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the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > use or formation of new words or phrases > [verb (transitive)] > borrow from another language > naturalize
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1948 Language 24 341 Chiricahua borrowed the Spanish words loco ‘crazy’ and rico ‘rich’, which were nativized as lô·gò and zî·gò respectively.
1971 I. F. Hancock in J. Spencer Eng. Lang. W. Afr. 113 When a pidgin supplants a ‘full’ language, changes must occur... Therefore in becoming nativised and thereby creolised, it expands its vocabulary, produces more explicit grammatical constructions and becomes more fixed in pronunciation.
1989 Unesco ALSED-LSP Newslet. Nov. 4 The Germanic and Slavonic languages generally nativise the forms.
1993 M. Sebba London Jamaican 136 At the phonological level, for example, we find Creole words..are used within London English, their pronunciation ‘nativised’.
2. transitive. To make native in character; to assimilate to the native culture, etc.
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1955 Amer. Slavic & East European Rev. 14 48 The soviet system of the Kazakh ASSR was relatively well nativized.
2000 J. Cummings World Food: Thailand 169 Roti, a round, flat wheat bread descended from the Indian paratha, but now very much nativised to South-East Asia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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