Ni-Vanuatun.

Brit.

/ˈniː vanəˈwɑːtuː/, U.S.

/ˈˌni vɑnəˈwɑˌtu/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: 1900s– ni Vanuatu, 1900s– Ni Vanuatu, 1900s– ni-Vanuatu, 1900s– Ni-Vanuatu, 1900s– niVanuatu, 1900s– NiVanuatu.

Origin: A borrowing from Raga. Etymon: Raga nivanuatu.

Etymology: < Raga nivanuatu (and similar forms in other Vanuatu languages), lit. ‘of Vanuatu’ < ni- of + Vanuatu, the name of an independent republic in the south-west Pacific.The name Vanuatu, lit. ‘eternal land’, is < Raga (or a cognate language) vanua land, place, village, island, country + tu to stay, persist, stand.

A native, inhabitant, or citizen of Vanuatu.

1980 Vanuatu (Univ. S. Pacific & S. Pacific Social Sci. Assoc.) v. 66 Land to ni-Vanuatu [inhabitants of Vanuatu] is what a mother is to a baby.

1987 Amer. Ethnologist 14 724 For most ni-Vanuatu, coconuts continue to provide the easiest route to an intermittent cash income, despite an overall downward trend in copra prices.

1996 Wanderlust Oct. 42/3 Although urban ni-Vanuatu have adopted western clothing, there are still villages where the traditional ways of life are preserved.

2003 Canberra Times (Nexis) 11 May 3 The Ni-Vanuatu had worked out that these poisons were carried in the fish's nervous system, and that the flame tree leaves destroyed that system.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ni-vanuatu
释义	Ni-Vanuatun. Brit. /ˈniː vanəˈwɑːtuː/, U.S. /ˈˌni vɑnəˈwɑˌtu/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: 1900s– ni Vanuatu, 1900s– Ni Vanuatu, 1900s– ni-Vanuatu, 1900s– Ni-Vanuatu, 1900s– niVanuatu, 1900s– NiVanuatu. Origin: A borrowing from Raga. Etymon: Raga nivanuatu. Etymology: < Raga nivanuatu (and similar forms in other Vanuatu languages), lit. ‘of Vanuatu’ < ni- of + Vanuatu, the name of an independent republic in the south-west Pacific.The name Vanuatu, lit. ‘eternal land’, is < Raga (or a cognate language) vanua land, place, village, island, country + tu to stay, persist, stand. A native, inhabitant, or citizen of Vanuatu. Π 1980 Vanuatu (Univ. S. Pacific & S. Pacific Social Sci. Assoc.) v. 66 Land to ni-Vanuatu [inhabitants of Vanuatu] is what a mother is to a baby. 1987 Amer. Ethnologist 14 724 For most ni-Vanuatu, coconuts continue to provide the easiest route to an intermittent cash income, despite an overall downward trend in copra prices. 1996 Wanderlust Oct. 42/3 Although urban ni-Vanuatu have adopted western clothing, there are still villages where the traditional ways of life are preserved. 2003 Canberra Times (Nexis) 11 May 3 The Ni-Vanuatu had worked out that these poisons were carried in the fish's nervous system, and that the flame tree leaves destroyed that system. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1980
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