Andamanese

American  

[an-duh-muh-neez, -nees] / ˌæn də məˈniz, -ˈnis /

noun

plural

Andamanese

1. Also called Andaman Islander.  Also a member of a people that comprise the Indigenous population of the Andaman Islands.

2. the language of the Andamanese, of uncertain genetic affiliation.

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adjective

1. Andaman.

Etymology

Origin of Andamanese

First recorded in 1860–65; Andaman + -ese

Example Sentences

But in Great Andamanese such descriptions take an extreme form, with morphemes, or meaningful sound segments, that designate different zones of the body getting attached to nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs—indeed, to every part of speech—to make diverse meanings.

From Scientific American

No wonder Great Andamanese names were gender-neutral!

From Scientific American

From that point on the Great Andamanese had a particular affinity with Mithe, the Andaman Cuckoo Dove; Phatka, the Indian Crow; Benge, the Andaman Serpent Eagle; Kaulo, the White-Bellied Sea Eagle; Celene, the Crab Plover; and other birds they regarded as ancestors.

From Scientific American

The myths of the Great Andamanese indicated that their earliest ancestors resided in the sky, as in another story Nao Jr. related to me.

From Scientific American

What little I heard was so baffling that I returned many times in later years to try to pin down the principles undergirding Great Andamanese languages.

From Scientific American