tribaladj.n.

/ˈtrʌɪbəl/

Etymology: < Latin tribus tribe n. + -al suffix¹: hence modern French tribal (Littré).

A. adj.

1. Of or pertaining to a tribe or tribes; characteristic of a tribe.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > tribe > [adjective]

gentilea1522

tribal1632

tribual1650

intertribal1862

gentilic1863

tribalistic1961

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 296 They are..of colour Tauny, boasting much of their triball Antiquity.

1765 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 4) IV. v. iii. 253 Even the tribal Sceptre was established long after the death of Jacob.

1849 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (1891) III. 409 The white face has been well described as the ‘tribal badge’ of the Hereford [ox].

1906 W. M. F. Petrie Relig. Anc. Egypt viii. 58 Of these some are probably tribal gods.

2. Characterized by the tendency to form groups or by strong group loyalty.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > [adjective] > characterized by tendency to form groups

tribal1951

1951 H. Arendt Burden of our Time ii. viii. 227 Tribal nationalism always insists that its own people is surrounded by ‘a world of enemies’, ‘one against all’.

1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 182 In the tribal teenage situation there are some boys with whom one does not go out.

1977 Time 10 Oct. 113/1 A Jew in this rural, tribal and fiercely Christian heartland [sc. Savannah, Georgia] is a wanderer indeed.

B. n.

A member of a tribal community (usually in plural). Chiefly Indian English.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > tribe > [noun] > members of tribe

childrenc1175

tribesfolk1888

tribespeople1888

tribal1958

1958 New India: Progress through Democracy iii. vi. 378 Illiteracy is almost universal among tribal peoples... Tribals are being trained as teachers.

1964 Economist 18 Apr. 261/1 More are arriving daily, among them Christian and Buddhist tribals.

1971 Illustr. Weekly India 25 Apr. 42/2 An elaborate welfare scheme..reached both the settlers and the tribals.

1973 Country Life 14 June 1715/2 A ceremonial bag of five tigers slain by tribals in Nagaland in 1964.

1979 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 28 Dec. 3/1 Teams of mountain tribals are to join the search for three Singapore Air Force Skyhawks which disappeared over the northern Philippines eight days ago.

Compounds

Special collocations.

tribal council n. the organ of internal self-government of a recognized U.S. Indian tribe, since the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > with reference to foreign countries > native American

tribal council1948

1948 Salt Lake Tribune 17 Dec. 16/5 Other tribal council members, speaking in Navajo.., agreed with Mr. Akeah.

1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 5 July 1- d/4 The Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council has launched a drive for redesignation of the air quality level on the south~eastern Montana reservation.

1980 New Age (U.S.) Oct. 5/1 Through CERT and the tribal councils, thousands of acres of traditional tribal land have been turned over to mining companies searching for uranium and coal.

tribal mark n. a scar resulting from the traditional or ritual cutting of the face practised among certain African tribes.

ΚΠ

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. xxiii. 530 The cicatrices are sometimes tribal marks, but sometimes decorative.

1965 W. Soyinka Road 73 Are you sure you know who I mean? Sort of tall but a little on the short side. Tribal marks, but beginning to wear off.

tribal marking n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > scar > from ritual cutting

tribal marking1925

tribal scar1977

tribal scarring1982

1925 W. D. Hambly Hist. Tattooing & its Significance iii. 176 Are there among the accounts of tribal markings any present-day accounts or ancient legends, which reveal that these marks have..an important social significance?

1973 ‘A. Hall’ Tango Briefing xx. 251 The carved teakwood statuette..was obviously a god, wide nosed and with tribal markings on the forehead.

tribal scar n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > scar > from ritual cutting

tribal marking1925

tribal scar1977

tribal scarring1982

1977 P. Raymond Matter of Assassination iii. 23 An expressionless Negro face marked with tribal scars across the cheeks.

tribal scarring n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > scar > from ritual cutting

tribal marking1925

tribal scar1977

tribal scarring1982

1982 D. Wiltse Wedding Guest ii. 33 The ritual scars..had been worked..into her cheeks with a needle... The tribal scarring had been outlawed for thirty years.

tribal territory n. an administrative division of the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan (formerly of India).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] > in Pakistan

tribal territory1908

1908 Imperial Gazetteer India (new ed.) XIX. 166 In tribal territory, besides the tribes already alluded to, the Torwāl and Garhwī reside in the higher ranges of Swāt.

1951 Khan & Stark Young Pakistan xxiv. 199 In the far north, an observer standing on the high mountains can in fact look down on five different lands—Afghanistan..and Pakistan (Tribal territory) in the south west.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XIII. 256/2 Between the settled districts to the south and the Afghan border is the tribal territory, whose inhabitants enjoy a large measure of independence.

Derivatives

tribally adv. as a tribe; in the manner of, or in relation to a tribe.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > tribe > [adverb]

tribually1845

tribally1890

1890 Science 27 June 383/2 It is probable that Professor Putnam is not justified in concluding that the people of the two sections were tribally identical.

1908 F. Spence Christian Reunion vii. 109 (note) The election (federally or tribally) of the elders of the Ecclesia by its members.

Draft additions December 2018

tribal nation n. an indigenous people of North America, (now) esp. one recognized by the U.S. government as possessing certain powers of sovereignty. Cf. nation n.¹ 5.

ΚΠ

1874 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 25 Nov. 1/2 If Indians could be taught the rights of individual property it would soon break up tribal nations, and Indians would become citizens.

1910 Anaconda (Montana) Standard 4 May 12/5 A delegation of Osage Indians of Oklahoma, the richest tribal nation on earth, arrived in Washington today.

1961 E. W. Gaston Early Novel of Southwest vi. 163 Primary among the religious ideas of the Southwestern Indian is a unified view of nature and man, expressed with varied symbolism and various rites in a dozen or more tribal nations.

2016 @kuwisdelu 20 July in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I'm afraid of my tribal nation being stripped of our sacred rights.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	tribal
释义	tribaladj.n. /ˈtrʌɪbəl/ Etymology: < Latin tribus tribe n. + -al suffix¹: hence modern French tribal (Littré). A. adj. 1. Of or pertaining to a tribe or tribes; characteristic of a tribe. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > tribe > [adjective] gentilea1522 tribal1632 tribual1650 intertribal1862 gentilic1863 tribalistic1961 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 296 They are..of colour Tauny, boasting much of their triball Antiquity. 1765 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 4) IV. v. iii. 253 Even the tribal Sceptre was established long after the death of Jacob. 1849 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (1891) III. 409 The white face has been well described as the ‘tribal badge’ of the Hereford [ox]. 1906 W. M. F. Petrie Relig. Anc. Egypt viii. 58 Of these some are probably tribal gods. 2. Characterized by the tendency to form groups or by strong group loyalty. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > [adjective] > characterized by tendency to form groups tribal1951 1951 H. Arendt Burden of our Time ii. viii. 227 Tribal nationalism always insists that its own people is surrounded by ‘a world of enemies’, ‘one against all’. 1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 182 In the tribal teenage situation there are some boys with whom one does not go out. 1977 Time 10 Oct. 113/1 A Jew in this rural, tribal and fiercely Christian heartland [sc. Savannah, Georgia] is a wanderer indeed. B. n. A member of a tribal community (usually in plural). Chiefly Indian English. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > tribe > [noun] > members of tribe childrenc1175 tribesfolk1888 tribespeople1888 tribal1958 1958 New India: Progress through Democracy iii. vi. 378 Illiteracy is almost universal among tribal peoples... Tribals are being trained as teachers. 1964 Economist 18 Apr. 261/1 More are arriving daily, among them Christian and Buddhist tribals. 1971 Illustr. Weekly India 25 Apr. 42/2 An elaborate welfare scheme..reached both the settlers and the tribals. 1973 Country Life 14 June 1715/2 A ceremonial bag of five tigers slain by tribals in Nagaland in 1964. 1979 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 28 Dec. 3/1 Teams of mountain tribals are to join the search for three Singapore Air Force Skyhawks which disappeared over the northern Philippines eight days ago. Compounds Special collocations. tribal council n. the organ of internal self-government of a recognized U.S. Indian tribe, since the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > with reference to foreign countries > native American tribal council1948 1948 Salt Lake Tribune 17 Dec. 16/5 Other tribal council members, speaking in Navajo.., agreed with Mr. Akeah. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 5 July 1- d/4 The Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council has launched a drive for redesignation of the air quality level on the south~eastern Montana reservation. 1980 New Age (U.S.) Oct. 5/1 Through CERT and the tribal councils, thousands of acres of traditional tribal land have been turned over to mining companies searching for uranium and coal. tribal mark n. a scar resulting from the traditional or ritual cutting of the face practised among certain African tribes. ΚΠ 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. xxiii. 530 The cicatrices are sometimes tribal marks, but sometimes decorative. 1965 W. Soyinka Road 73 Are you sure you know who I mean? Sort of tall but a little on the short side. Tribal marks, but beginning to wear off. tribal marking n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > scar > from ritual cutting tribal marking1925 tribal scar1977 tribal scarring1982 1925 W. D. Hambly Hist. Tattooing & its Significance iii. 176 Are there among the accounts of tribal markings any present-day accounts or ancient legends, which reveal that these marks have..an important social significance? 1973 ‘A. Hall’ Tango Briefing xx. 251 The carved teakwood statuette..was obviously a god, wide nosed and with tribal markings on the forehead. tribal scar n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > scar > from ritual cutting tribal marking1925 tribal scar1977 tribal scarring1982 1977 P. Raymond Matter of Assassination iii. 23 An expressionless Negro face marked with tribal scars across the cheeks. tribal scarring n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > scar > from ritual cutting tribal marking1925 tribal scar1977 tribal scarring1982 1982 D. Wiltse Wedding Guest ii. 33 The ritual scars..had been worked..into her cheeks with a needle... The tribal scarring had been outlawed for thirty years. tribal territory n. an administrative division of the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan (formerly of India). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] > in Pakistan tribal territory1908 1908 Imperial Gazetteer India (new ed.) XIX. 166 In tribal territory, besides the tribes already alluded to, the Torwāl and Garhwī reside in the higher ranges of Swāt. 1951 Khan & Stark Young Pakistan xxiv. 199 In the far north, an observer standing on the high mountains can in fact look down on five different lands—Afghanistan..and Pakistan (Tribal territory) in the south west. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XIII. 256/2 Between the settled districts to the south and the Afghan border is the tribal territory, whose inhabitants enjoy a large measure of independence. Derivatives tribally adv. as a tribe; in the manner of, or in relation to a tribe. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > tribe > [adverb] tribually1845 tribally1890 1890 Science 27 June 383/2 It is probable that Professor Putnam is not justified in concluding that the people of the two sections were tribally identical. 1908 F. Spence Christian Reunion vii. 109 (note) The election (federally or tribally) of the elders of the Ecclesia by its members. Draft additions December 2018 tribal nation n. an indigenous people of North America, (now) esp. one recognized by the U.S. government as possessing certain powers of sovereignty. Cf. nation n.¹ 5. ΚΠ 1874 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 25 Nov. 1/2 If Indians could be taught the rights of individual property it would soon break up tribal nations, and Indians would become citizens. 1910 Anaconda (Montana) Standard 4 May 12/5 A delegation of Osage Indians of Oklahoma, the richest tribal nation on earth, arrived in Washington today. 1961 E. W. Gaston Early Novel of Southwest vi. 163 Primary among the religious ideas of the Southwestern Indian is a unified view of nature and man, expressed with varied symbolism and various rites in a dozen or more tribal nations. 2016 @kuwisdelu 20 July in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I'm afraid of my tribal nation being stripped of our sacred rights. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.n.1632
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