| 释义 |
† Papua Obs.|ˈpæpuːə, -jʊə|
Also Papoo, Papu.
[ad. Malay papuah, pĕpuah frizzled.]
= Papuan n. 1.
1619W. Phillip tr. Schouten's Relation of Voiage from Straights of Magelan 62 Wee thought those people to be Papoos, for all their haire was short, and they eate Betell and Chalke mingled with it. Ibid. 66 A kind of ill favoured people, all Papoos, their haire short, and curled, having rings in their noses and eares, and..hogs teeth hanging about their neckes. 1684Locke Jrnl. 20 Apr. in K. Dewhurst John Locke (1963) 242 Amongst the draughts he had of severall Esterne people in their natural colours and habits were the Kakerlacks and Papu's. Ibid., The Papua was an olive coloured man with a taile. 1840Penny Cycl. XVII. 219/2 Along the coast of the western half of the island are the Papuas, who have received that name from the Malays, in which language the word signifies ‘frizzled hair’. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 239/1 The Papúas of New Guinea..seem to approach more nearly to the make and strength of the African. 1885Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 231/1 New Guinea..and other islands peopled by Papuas. |
