aborigin

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English

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Noun

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aborigin (plural aborigins)

  1. (obsolete) Aboriginal. [Attested from the early 17th century until the mid 19th century.][1]

References

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  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “aborigin”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Australian English aborigine.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.bo.ri.ɡɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ɡɪn
  • Hyphenation: a‧bo‧ri‧gin

Noun

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aborigin (plural aborigin-aborigin, first-person possessive aboriginku, second-person possessive aboriginmu, third-person possessive aboriginnya)

  1. an Australian Aboriginal person

Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Aboriginer i Australia. — Aborigines in Australia.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Most likely from English aborigine, from Aborigines, from Latin aborīginēs, from both ab- (from, away from, off), from ab (from, away from, on, in), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (off, away) + and from orīgine, ablative singular of orīgō (beginning, origin, source), from both orior (to originate, be born), from Proto-Italic *orjōr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (to stir, rise) + and from -īgō (suffix forming deverbal nouns).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /abɔrɪˈɡiːn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːn
  • Hyphenation: ab‧or‧ig‧in

Noun

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aborigin m (definite singular aboriginen, indefinite plural aboriginer, definite plural aboriginene)

  1. an Aboriginal (aboriginal inhabitant of Australia and surrounding islands in Oceania)
    Synonym: urinnbygger
    • 1969, Farmand:
      aboriginer i Australia og Ny-Guinea
      Aborigines in Australia and New Guinea
    • 2015 March 11, Sunnmørsposten[smp.no]:
      man antar at rundt én million aboriginer bodde i Australia før britene slo seg ned i 1788
      It is estimated that around one million Aborigines lived in Australia before the British settled in 1788
    • 1996, Arbeiderbladet:
      hun [studerte] de australske urinnvånernes, aboriginernes, kultur, historie og språk
      she [studied] the culture, history and language of the indigenous peoples of Australia
    • 2000, Tove Nilsen, Etter Kairo, page 185:
      aboriginere lyttet til steinene og det var bare de døve som kunne si at steiner var fri for rytme
      aborigines listened to the stones and only the deaf could say that the stones were free of rhythm

Synonyms

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  • australneger (Aborigine) (obsolete, may be perceived as derogatory)
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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin Aborīginēs.

Noun

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aborigin m (definite singular aboriginen, indefinite plural aboriginar, definite plural aboriginane)

  1. an Aboriginal (aboriginal inhabitant of Australia)

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Swedish

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Noun

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aborigin c

  1. an Aboriginal (an aboriginal inhabitant of Australia)

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