单词 | thugyi |
释义 | thugyin. The headman of a village. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > head or chief > of a village or community starosta1591 patel1630 malik1662 penghulu1705 aksakal1811 ratemahatmaya1818 caboceer1836 lambardar1855 thugyi1863 princeps1874 capitao1884 omda1898 luluai1924 big man1927 kadkhoda1934 mukhiya1934 sarpanch1963 headman1997 1863 C. Williams Jrnl. 3 Feb. in Through Burmah (1868) 57 On the Thoogyee sending for some pieces, I found the characters to be Nagiri. 1887 Rangoon Gaz. Weekly Budget 7 Jan. 8/4 On 18th a thugyi successfully attacked dacoits and recovered dacoited cattle. 1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days xxv. 369 Old thugyis with their grey hair knotted behind their heads. 1957 Encycl. Brit. IV. 430/2 In the villages, the thugyis or headmen, chosen by the villagers and approved by the government, have limited magisterial powers and collect the revenue. 1980 J. Silverstein Burmese Politics ii. 26 The thugyi was directly responsible to the deputy commissioner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1863 |
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