Pitta-Pittaadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈpɪtəpɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈpɪdəˌpɪdə/, Australian English

/ˈpɪtəpɪtə/,

/ˈpɪdəpɪdə/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: 1800s– Bitta Bitta, 1800s– Pitta-Pitta, 1900s– Bidha-Bidha, 1900s– Pitapita, 1900s– Pita-pita, 1900s– Pitta Pitta.

Origin: A borrowing from Pitta-Pitta. Etymon: Pitta-Pitta bidha bidha.

Etymology: < Pitta-Pitta bidha bidha, self-designation.

Australian.

A. adj. (attributive).

1. Of, relating to, or designating an Australian Aboriginal people originally inhabiting the Boulia district of north-western central Queensland.

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the world > people > ethnicities > New Zealand and Australian indigenous peoples > Australian Aboriginal peoples > [adjective] > specific peoples

Wiradjuri1884

Pitta-Pitta1886

Aranda1896

Dyirbal1910

Kurnai1911

Pintupi1933

Tasmanoid1938

1886 E. M. Curr Austral. Race II. 364 Mr. Ernest Eglinton has also furnished me a short account of the Bitta Bitta tribe, which differs so little in manners from the Yelina as to render its insertion unnecessary.

1925 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 55 14 Pitta-pitta pointing bone.

1973 Current Anthropol. 14 346/2 Tindale's..comments on the Pitapita tribe are worth quoting.

2003 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 13 Sept. h5 The Pitta Pitta people believe it to be the ghost of an Aboriginal woman, but scientists from the cities explain it as an optical illusion.

2. Of, relating to, or designating the Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Boulia district of north-western central Queensland.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Australian Aboriginal > [adjective]

Wiradjuri1884

Nyungar1896

Pitta-Pitta1898

Dyirbal1901

Pama-Nyungan1966

Anangu1983

1898 W. E. Roth in Amer. Naturalist 32 269 A vocabulary of about 600 words of the Pitta-Pitta dialect is given.

1979 B. Blake in R. M. W. Dixon & B. J. Blake Handbk. Austral. Langs. I. 192 Some Pitta-Pitta verbs cover the content covered by adjectives in English.

2003 Express (Nexis) 28 Apr. 27 In the Pitta Pitta Aboriginal tongue, ‘kanga’ means ‘alcohol’.

B. n.

1. A member of the Pitta-Pitta people.

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1899 Amer. Anthropologist 1 659 The Pitta-Pitta of Queensland are able to count their fingers and toes only by aid of marks in the sand.

1914 Man 14 174 This form of totemism is found in the Pita-pita and other tribes of Western Queensland.

1967 G. W. Swain tr. E. Durkheim Elem. Forms Relig. Life ii. i. 126 The child takes the totem of its mother, by right of birth: this is what happens amongst..the Pitta-Pitta and the Kurnardaburi of Queensland.

2001 Oceania 71 281 The expansion of the pastoral industry in north-west Queensland between the 1860s and 1880s brought an era of increasingly violent encounters between invading settlers and..the Kalkadoon, Mitakoodi, Pitta-Pitta and others.

2. The language of the Pitta-Pitta.

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1976 J. G. Breen in R. M. W. Dixon Grammatical Categories in Austral. Langs. xxix. 291 Pitta-Pitta..has third person, second person and non-singular kin proprietive suffixes.

1979 B. J. Blake in R. M. W. Dixon & B. J. Blake Handbk. Austral. Langs. I. 207 Pitta-Pitta is not an ergative language but one displaying accusative as well as ergative marking.

1982 Language 58 704 Pitta-Pitta (PP), Gumbaynggir (Gu.) and Yaygir (Ya.) are no longer spoken fluently in daily life.

2002 R. M. W. Dixon Austral. Langs. iii. 83 Like Pitta-Pitta, Yidinj has the same verbal inflection for all types of imperative.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pitta-pitta
释义	Pitta-Pittaadj.n. Brit. /ˈpɪtəpɪtə/, U.S. /ˈpɪdəˌpɪdə/, Australian English /ˈpɪtəpɪtə/, /ˈpɪdəpɪdə/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: 1800s– Bitta Bitta, 1800s– Pitta-Pitta, 1900s– Bidha-Bidha, 1900s– Pitapita, 1900s– Pita-pita, 1900s– Pitta Pitta. Origin: A borrowing from Pitta-Pitta. Etymon: Pitta-Pitta bidha bidha. Etymology: < Pitta-Pitta bidha bidha, self-designation. Australian. A. adj. (attributive). 1. Of, relating to, or designating an Australian Aboriginal people originally inhabiting the Boulia district of north-western central Queensland. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > New Zealand and Australian indigenous peoples > Australian Aboriginal peoples > [adjective] > specific peoples Wiradjuri1884 Pitta-Pitta1886 Aranda1896 Dyirbal1910 Kurnai1911 Pintupi1933 Tasmanoid1938 1886 E. M. Curr Austral. Race II. 364 Mr. Ernest Eglinton has also furnished me a short account of the Bitta Bitta tribe, which differs so little in manners from the Yelina as to render its insertion unnecessary. 1925 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 55 14 Pitta-pitta pointing bone. 1973 Current Anthropol. 14 346/2 Tindale's..comments on the Pitapita tribe are worth quoting. 2003 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 13 Sept. h5 The Pitta Pitta people believe it to be the ghost of an Aboriginal woman, but scientists from the cities explain it as an optical illusion. 2. Of, relating to, or designating the Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Boulia district of north-western central Queensland. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Australian Aboriginal > [adjective] Wiradjuri1884 Nyungar1896 Pitta-Pitta1898 Dyirbal1901 Pama-Nyungan1966 Anangu1983 1898 W. E. Roth in Amer. Naturalist 32 269 A vocabulary of about 600 words of the Pitta-Pitta dialect is given. 1979 B. Blake in R. M. W. Dixon & B. J. Blake Handbk. Austral. Langs. I. 192 Some Pitta-Pitta verbs cover the content covered by adjectives in English. 2003 Express (Nexis) 28 Apr. 27 In the Pitta Pitta Aboriginal tongue, ‘kanga’ means ‘alcohol’. B. n. 1. A member of the Pitta-Pitta people. ΚΠ 1899 Amer. Anthropologist 1 659 The Pitta-Pitta of Queensland are able to count their fingers and toes only by aid of marks in the sand. 1914 Man 14 174 This form of totemism is found in the Pita-pita and other tribes of Western Queensland. 1967 G. W. Swain tr. E. Durkheim Elem. Forms Relig. Life ii. i. 126 The child takes the totem of its mother, by right of birth: this is what happens amongst..the Pitta-Pitta and the Kurnardaburi of Queensland. 2001 Oceania 71 281 The expansion of the pastoral industry in north-west Queensland between the 1860s and 1880s brought an era of increasingly violent encounters between invading settlers and..the Kalkadoon, Mitakoodi, Pitta-Pitta and others. 2. The language of the Pitta-Pitta. ΚΠ 1976 J. G. Breen in R. M. W. Dixon Grammatical Categories in Austral. Langs. xxix. 291 Pitta-Pitta..has third person, second person and non-singular kin proprietive suffixes. 1979 B. J. Blake in R. M. W. Dixon & B. J. Blake Handbk. Austral. Langs. I. 207 Pitta-Pitta is not an ergative language but one displaying accusative as well as ergative marking. 1982 Language 58 704 Pitta-Pitta (PP), Gumbaynggir (Gu.) and Yaygir (Ya.) are no longer spoken fluently in daily life. 2002 R. M. W. Dixon Austral. Langs. iii. 83 Like Pitta-Pitta, Yidinj has the same verbal inflection for all types of imperative. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1886
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