aborigin
English
Alternative forms
Noun
aborigin (plural aborigins)
References
- 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
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.bo.ri.ɡɪn/
- Rhymes: -ɡɪn
- Hyphenation: a‧bo‧ri‧gin
Noun
aborigin (plural aborigin-aborigin, first-person possessive aboriginku, second-person possessive aboriginmu, third-person possessive aboriginnya)
Further reading
- “aborigin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /abɔrɪˈɡiːn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iːn
- Hyphenation: ab‧or‧ig‧in
Noun
aborigin m (definite singular aboriginen, indefinite plural aboriginer, definite plural aboriginene)
- an Aborigine (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
- australneger (“Aborigine”) (obsolete, may be perceived as derogatory)
Related terms
- aboriginsk (“Aboriginal”)
- aboriginal (“Aboriginal”)
References
- “aborigin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “aborigin” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “aborigin” in Store norske leksikon
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin Aborīginēs.
Noun
aborigin m (definite singular aboriginen, indefinite plural aboriginar, definite plural aboriginane)
- an Aborigine (aboriginal inhabitant of Australia)
References
- “aborigin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Declension
Declension of aborigin | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | aborigin | aboriginen | aboriginer | aboriginerna |
Genitive | aborigins | aboriginens | aboriginers | aboriginernas |