Wan.adj.

/wɑː/

Etymology: < a language of South-East Asia.

A. n.

1. (Any of) a group of hill-dwelling peoples of eastern Burma (Myanmar) and south-western Yunnan; a member of one of these peoples.

ΘΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Burma > [noun]

Mon1798

Talaing1798

Kuki1799

Palaung1860

Wa1860

1860 F. Mason Nat. Prod. Burmah (ed. 2) ii. 69 There is a wild tribe called Lawa on the mountains between the Irrawaddy and the Meinan... There is a small settlement of them..in..Amherst; there formerly was one in Tavoy, where the Karens called them Wa.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 223/2 They are popularly divided into Wild Was and Tame Was. The Wild Was are remarkable as the best authenticated instance of head hunters in the British Empire.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia IV. 272/1 Ethnolinguistic Groups in China..Wa (Kawa).

Thesaurus »

2. Their (Mon Khmer) language or dialect.

B. adj.

attributive.

ΘΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Burma > [adjective]

Mon1808

Talaing1835

Kachin1892

Palaung1897

Wa1902

Nung1916

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 519/2 It [sc. the Burmese state Mang Lön] is the chief state of the Vü or Wa tribes.

1942 J. L. Christian Mod. Burma ii. 15 The Wa and Palaung tribal groups of the Shan hills belong to the Mon Khmer family.

1966 D. Wilson Quarter of Mankind xvi. 211 They [sc. Communist maps] acknowledged the Burmese claim to one piece of territory depicted in Peking as Chinese, but they took an entirely new bite out of the Wa territory shared between the two.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	wa
释义	Wan.adj. /wɑː/ Etymology: < a language of South-East Asia. A. n. 1. (Any of) a group of hill-dwelling peoples of eastern Burma (Myanmar) and south-western Yunnan; a member of one of these peoples. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Burma > [noun] Mon1798 Talaing1798 Kuki1799 Palaung1860 Wa1860 1860 F. Mason Nat. Prod. Burmah (ed. 2) ii. 69 There is a wild tribe called Lawa on the mountains between the Irrawaddy and the Meinan... There is a small settlement of them..in..Amherst; there formerly was one in Tavoy, where the Karens called them Wa. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 223/2 They are popularly divided into Wild Was and Tame Was. The Wild Was are remarkable as the best authenticated instance of head hunters in the British Empire. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia IV. 272/1 Ethnolinguistic Groups in China..Wa (Kawa). Thesaurus » 2. Their (Mon Khmer) language or dialect. B. adj. attributive. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Burma > [adjective] Mon1808 Talaing1835 Kachin1892 Palaung1897 Wa1902 Nung1916 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 519/2 It [sc. the Burmese state Mang Lön] is the chief state of the Vü or Wa tribes. 1942 J. L. Christian Mod. Burma ii. 15 The Wa and Palaung tribal groups of the Shan hills belong to the Mon Khmer family. 1966 D. Wilson Quarter of Mankind xvi. 211 They [sc. Communist maps] acknowledged the Burmese claim to one piece of territory depicted in Peking as Chinese, but they took an entirely new bite out of the Wa territory shared between the two. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021). > as lemmas W.A. W.A. n. Western Australia. ΘΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Australasia > [noun] > Australia > Western Australia W.A.1900 1900 Morning Post 12 July 9/4 Town Pro. W.A. 1971 Sunday Austral. 8 Aug. 5/2 The State shipping service in WA has been made the scapegoat for Government indecision. extracted from Wn. < n.adj.1860 as lemmas
随便看	θ176160 θ176161 θ176162 θ176163 θ176164 θ176165 θ176166 θ176167 θ176168 θ176169 θ17617 θ176170 θ176171 θ176172 θ176173 θ176174 θ176175 θ176176 θ176177 θ176178 θ177720 θ177721 θ177722 θ177723 θ177724

Wan.adj.

> as lemmas