Negriton.adj.

Brit.

/nᵻˈɡriːtəʊ/, U.S.

/nəˈɡridoʊ/

Forms: Plural 1700s– Negritos, 1900s– Negritoes. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish negrito.

Etymology: < Spanish †negrito (1754 in sense A. 1; attested earlier in sense ‘little black person’ (1554)) < negro Negro n. + -ito (see -et suffix¹). Compare later Negrillo n. and adj.

A. n.

1. A member of a pygmy people inhabiting an area from south India in the west to New Guinea in the east, esp. the Andaman Islands, the Philippines, and the Malay Peninsula. Formerly also called Negrillo (see Negrillo n. 1).

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Negrito1769

Pangan1839

1769 A. Dalrymple Plan for extending Commerce 69 The natives on that side [sc. of Palawan] are Negritos, with whom the people of Ypoloté have some intercourse.

1812 W. Marsden Gram. Malayan Lang. p. xxii The Polynesian or general East-insular language..does not include those spoken by the description of people termed Papūa and Samang by the Malays and Negritos by the Spaniards of Manilla.

1814 J. Maver tr. J. M. de Zũniga Hist. View Philippine Islands I. p. xii It is generally allowed that the language spoken by the Papuans, Samangs, and Negritos of the Philippines, and adjacent islands, is totally different from the Malayan.

1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 88/1 The Negritos were probably the aborigines of the islands.

1898 F. T. Bullen in National Rev. Aug. 857 The Negritos..are a diminutive black race with woolly hair, and undoubtedly of Papuan origin.

1928 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Feb. 90/4 The Negritoes..live at a primitive level, using wind-breaks and not houses.

1969 Age (Melbourne) 24 May 12/5 Mr. Robinson..takes it for granted that two ‘waves’ of Negritos, the Kartans and the Tartangans, preceded the Aborigines to Australia.

1972 Guardian 22 Sept. 9/3 At the top of the mud bank was a tiny village of palm shelters, just high enough to sit in and here I met the Negritos, the oldest inhabitants of Malaysia, a short, negroid nomadic group.

1992 J. Silverberg & J. P. Gray Aggression & Peacefulness 262 Cultural ecology, ethnicity, and the Negritos of Northeastern Luzon.

2. The Austronesian language spoken by Negritos in the north-eastern part of Luzon in the Philippines. Also more generally: the language spoken by a Negrito.

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

Pangasinan1704

Ifugao1859

Ibanag1901

Ilocano1901

Yami1971

Negrito1977

1977 C. F. Voegelin & F. M. Voegelin Classif. & Index World's Langs. 41 Central Agta..= Negrito = Central Cagayan Negrito. 1,500. Cagayan Province, Luzon.

1990 C. Allen Savage Wars of Peace (1991) 64 One of my own aboriginals..spoke Negrito.

1996 B. F. Grimes Ethnologue (ed. 13) 747 Agta, Central Cagayan,..Negrito.

B. adj.

Of or relating to Negritos.

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1843 R. G. Latham in Proc. Philol. Soc. 1 37 The Languages of the Papuan or Negrito race.

1843 R. G. Latham in Proc. Philol. Soc. 1 37 The Samangs of the interior are Negrito.

1855 Southern Q. Rev. Jan. 134 The portrait of a Negrito boy.

1864 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 698/2 A description of a Negrito native of Erromango.

1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 780/1 Still less known are the Papuan or Negrito languages.

1935 W. R. Foran Malayan Symphony viii. 78 The oldest people on the Peninsula are the Semang, who are of Negrito stock and have probably lived in Malaya for thousands of years.

1958 J. Slimming Temiar Jungle ii. 22 Originally much of this part of the Nenggiri was Negrito country.

1988 Oxf. Illustr. Encycl. III. 45/1 [Borneo's] Negrito inabitants were dispersed by Malays, who began arriving c. 2000 b.c.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	negrito
释义	Negriton.adj. Brit. /nᵻˈɡriːtəʊ/, U.S. /nəˈɡridoʊ/ Forms: Plural 1700s– Negritos, 1900s– Negritoes. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish negrito. Etymology: < Spanish †negrito (1754 in sense A. 1; attested earlier in sense ‘little black person’ (1554)) < negro Negro n. + -ito (see -et suffix¹). Compare later Negrillo n. and adj. A. n. 1. A member of a pygmy people inhabiting an area from south India in the west to New Guinea in the east, esp. the Andaman Islands, the Philippines, and the Malay Peninsula. Formerly also called Negrillo (see Negrillo n. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > black person > [noun] > negrito Negrito1769 Pangan1839 1769 A. Dalrymple Plan for extending Commerce 69 The natives on that side [sc. of Palawan] are Negritos, with whom the people of Ypoloté have some intercourse. 1812 W. Marsden Gram. Malayan Lang. p. xxii The Polynesian or general East-insular language..does not include those spoken by the description of people termed Papūa and Samang by the Malays and Negritos by the Spaniards of Manilla. 1814 J. Maver tr. J. M. de Zũniga Hist. View Philippine Islands I. p. xii It is generally allowed that the language spoken by the Papuans, Samangs, and Negritos of the Philippines, and adjacent islands, is totally different from the Malayan. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 88/1 The Negritos were probably the aborigines of the islands. 1898 F. T. Bullen in National Rev. Aug. 857 The Negritos..are a diminutive black race with woolly hair, and undoubtedly of Papuan origin. 1928 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Feb. 90/4 The Negritoes..live at a primitive level, using wind-breaks and not houses. 1969 Age (Melbourne) 24 May 12/5 Mr. Robinson..takes it for granted that two ‘waves’ of Negritos, the Kartans and the Tartangans, preceded the Aborigines to Australia. 1972 Guardian 22 Sept. 9/3 At the top of the mud bank was a tiny village of palm shelters, just high enough to sit in and here I met the Negritos, the oldest inhabitants of Malaysia, a short, negroid nomadic group. 1992 J. Silverberg & J. P. Gray Aggression & Peacefulness 262 Cultural ecology, ethnicity, and the Negritos of Northeastern Luzon. 2. The Austronesian language spoken by Negritos in the north-eastern part of Luzon in the Philippines. Also more generally: the language spoken by a Negrito. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [noun] > Austronesian > northern Philippines Pangasinan1704 Ifugao1859 Ibanag1901 Ilocano1901 Yami1971 Negrito1977 1977 C. F. Voegelin & F. M. Voegelin Classif. & Index World's Langs. 41 Central Agta..= Negrito = Central Cagayan Negrito. 1,500. Cagayan Province, Luzon. 1990 C. Allen Savage Wars of Peace (1991) 64 One of my own aboriginals..spoke Negrito. 1996 B. F. Grimes Ethnologue (ed. 13) 747 Agta, Central Cagayan,..Negrito. B. adj. Of or relating to Negritos. ΚΠ 1843 R. G. Latham in Proc. Philol. Soc. 1 37 The Languages of the Papuan or Negrito race. 1843 R. G. Latham in Proc. Philol. Soc. 1 37 The Samangs of the interior are Negrito. 1855 Southern Q. Rev. Jan. 134 The portrait of a Negrito boy. 1864 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 698/2 A description of a Negrito native of Erromango. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 780/1 Still less known are the Papuan or Negrito languages. 1935 W. R. Foran Malayan Symphony viii. 78 The oldest people on the Peninsula are the Semang, who are of Negrito stock and have probably lived in Malaya for thousands of years. 1958 J. Slimming Temiar Jungle ii. 22 Originally much of this part of the Nenggiri was Negrito country. 1988 Oxf. Illustr. Encycl. III. 45/1 [Borneo's] Negrito inabitants were dispersed by Malays, who began arriving c. 2000 b.c. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1769
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