aborigin

aborigin

See also: Aborigin

English

Alternative forms

• aborigen

Noun

aborigin (plural aborigins)

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

References

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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Aboriginer i Australia. — Aborigines in Australia.

Alternative forms

• aboriginer

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/

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• Rhymes: -iːn
• Hyphenation: ab‧or‧ig‧in

Noun

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

1. an Aborigine (aboriginal inhabitant of Australia and surrounding islands in Oceania)
   • 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

   Synonym: urinnbygger

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin Aborīginēs.

Noun

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

1. an Aborigine (aboriginal inhabitant of Australia)

References

• “aborigin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Noun

aborigin c

1. an Aborigine (an aboriginal inhabitant of Australia)

Declension

Declension of aborigin
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	aborigin	aboriginen	aboriginer	aboriginerna
Genitive	aborigins	aboriginens	aboriginers	aboriginernas