单词 | timorese |
释义 | Timoresen.adj. A. n. (A member of) the indigenous people of Timor, of Indonesian-Malay stock. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Malaysian or Indonesian > [noun] > Malaysian or Indonesian peoples Bugis1672 Rejang1783 Buginese1800 Orang Laut1834 Jakun1839 Sakai1839 Sundanese1849 Timorese1869 Senoi1891 proto-Malay1898 Toradja1911 Temiar1933 Makasarese1948 the world > people > ethnicities > Malaysian or Indonesian > [noun] > Malaysian or Indonesian peoples > person Bajau1769 Rejang1783 Buginese1800 sea-gipsy1817 Makasarese1820 Samsam1836 Jakun1839 Sakai1839 Sundanese1849 Sasak1869 Timorese1869 Temiar1933 Orang Asli1961 pribumi1974 1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. xiii. 290 The native Timorese predominate. 1979 Times 28 Dec. 16/2 Not a few Timorese are in somewhat uneasy cooperation with the Indonesians. B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Timor or its inhabitants. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Indonesia > [adjective] > parts of Moluccan1700 Sumatran?1760 Balinese1820 Timorese1964 1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 739/1 The Papuan Subregion..comprises, besides the large and imperfectly-known island whence its name is derived, three other provinces, which may be named the Timorese, the Celebesian, and the Moluccan. 1964 M. Dickson World Elsewhere iii. 122 The standard of the game was mainly due to the exemplary keenness..of the Timorese and Dusan opponents. 1979 Times 28 Dec. 16/2 Left-wing Timorese students..began to return to the island. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.adj.1869 |
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