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PRONUNCIATION OF TROBRIAND ISLANDER

Trobriand Islander  [ˈtrəʊbrɪˌænd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TROBRIAND ISLANDER

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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Trobriand Islander is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TROBRIAND ISLANDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Trobriand Islander in the English dictionary

The definition of Trobriand Islander in the dictionary is a native or inhabitant of the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TROBRIAND ISLANDER


and
ænd
band
bænd
bland
blænd
brand
brænd
expand
ɪkˈspænd
graduand
ˈɡrædjʊˌænd
grand
ɡrænd
hand
hænd
land
lænd
Maryland
ˈmɛərɪˌlænd
overland
ˈəʊvəˌlænd
planned
ˈplænd
rand
rænd
sand
sænd
stand
stænd
strand
strænd
Swaziland
ˈswɑːzɪˌlænd
Thailand
ˈtaɪˌlænd
understand
ˌʌndəˈstænd
wonderland
ˈwʌndəˌlænd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TROBRIAND ISLANDER

Trizone
Trizonia
Troad
Troas
troat
Trobriand Islands

WORDS THAT END LIKE TROBRIAND ISLANDER

Alexander
Channel Islander
commander
coriander
demander
expander
finder
gander
Highlander
Hollander
islander
lander
Leander
outlander
overlander
Prince Edward Islander
salamander
sander
Santander
wander
zander

Synonyms and antonyms of Trobriand Islander in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Trobriand Islander» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

超布连岛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

De las Islas Trobriand
570 millions of speakers

English

Trobriand Islander
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Trobriand द्वीप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كيريوينا جزيرة،
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Тробриандских островов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Trobriand Islander
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ট্রোব্রিয়েড আইল্যান্ডের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

îles Trobriand
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Islander Trobriand
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Trobriand Islander
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

トロブリアンド諸島
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

트로 브리 안드 섬
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pulo Trobriand
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Trobriand Dương
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ட்ரோப்ரியாண்ட் தீவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ट्रॉब्रिँड आयलंडर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Trobriand Adalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Trobriand Islander
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wysp trobriandzkiej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Тробриандских островів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Trobriand Islander
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Trobriand Islander
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Trobriand eilande
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Trobriand Islander
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Trobriand Islander
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TROBRIAND ISLANDER»

The term «Trobriand Islander» is barely ever used and occupies the 209.454 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TROBRIAND ISLANDER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Trobriand Islander

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TROBRIAND ISLANDER»

Discover the use of Trobriand Islander in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Trobriand Islander and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Trobriand Islanders' Ways of Speaking
The book documents the Trobriand Islanders' typology of genres.
Gunter Senft, 2010
2
Cengage Advantage Books: Cultural Anthropology: A ...
Put another way, what features of American family life would be familiar to a ju/ wasi, a Trobriand Islander, or someone from rural China? Copyright 2011 Cengage Learning, All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, ...
Richard Robbins, 2012
3
Person Reference in Interaction: Linguistic, Cultural and ...
Thus, any Trobriand Islander hearing the given name of another Trobriand Islander can immediately identify the clan membership of the respective individual. However, the situation is more complex than that. The Trobriand Islanders' 'real' ...
N. J. Enfield, Tanya Stivers, 2007
4
Fleeing the Universal: The Critique of Post-Rational Criticism
What is good for the Trobriand Islander is good for the Trobriand Islander, and that is that.14 One imagines a group of these islanders, gathered together in council, trying to decide which of several courses of action to take in a very important ...
Carl Rapp, 1998
5
A Sea Change: The Exclusive Economic Zone and Governance ...
Hence, for the Trobriand Islander, he or she is entitled to fish in these areas under customary marine tenure. The preceding case study also shows that, the Trobriand Islanders access their sea and coastal waters for all types of marine ...
Syma A. Ebbin, Alf H. Hoel, Are Sydnes, 2005
6
Linguistic Ecology: Language Change and Linguistic ...
(Senft 1972:74) Senft continues: Any Trobriand Islander hearing the given name of another Trobriand Islander can immediately identify the clan membership of the respective individual. If the members of the younger generation with school ...
Peter Mühlhäusler, 2002
7
Portrayals of Economic Exchange in the Book of Kings
In other words, Malinowski determined that the trobriand Islander acts in a way antithetical to homo economicus, directly confronting the ethnocentrisms of rational economics. with the lingering effects of a postenlightenment climate, ...
Roger S. Nam, 2012
8
The Tuma Underworld of Love: Erotic and Other Narrative ...
The man also mentions the name of his mother – Lobwegini; with this he emphasizes that he is a man of status belonging to a high ranking clan. Proper names are clan property – thus any Trobriand Islander hearing the given name of another ...
Gunter Senft, 2011
9
American Folk Legend: A Symposium
You can see his footmark in a stone at a place in the Raybwag. But where are the traces of Yesu Keriso? Who ever saw any signs of the tales told by the misinari? Indeed they are not lili'u." 2 To Malinowski's Trobriand Islander, a lili'u, a mythic ...
Wayland Debs Hand, 1979
10
Kilivila: The Language of the Trobriand Islanders
Both vagueness and ambiguity are used by the speaker as a stylistic means to avoid possible distress, confrontation, or too much and — for a Trobriand Islander at least — too aggressive directness in certain speech situations. If a hearer ...
Gunter Senft, 1986

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TROBRIAND ISLANDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Trobriand Islander is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Is Christianity Secularization's Best Hope?
These are his doubts about polytheism's ability to withstand the secularizing effects of Christianity upon the Trobriand islanders he studied. Writing in the early ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
2
The Financial Perks of Being Tall
He spent time with the Navajo and the Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea, too. “In no case,” he would later write, “have I found a preference for short men ... «The Atlantic, May 15»
3
Trobriand Islanders change spouses whenever they want, have …
It's the original free love community where women rule the roost: Welcome to the gorgeous Trobriand Islands in the South Pacific where the ladies can have as ... «Daily Mail, May 14»
4
Fooling Ourselves: The Everyday role of Ritual
The Trobriand Islanders, for example, practiced very little ritual preparation when fishing in the lagoon because they expected a consistent return for their efforts. «Scientific American, Mar 14»
5
Driftwood Resort on Alotau. Picture: Carrie Kablean Source: Supplied
It's late afternoon and the sun provides technicolour hues to the island ... The Trobriand Islanders are a slender, lithe people; they are generally shy but friendly. «The Australian, Jan 14»
6
How to Have Sex in Communal Living Spaces
According to one anthropologist, the Trobriand Islanders would have scoffed at our Puritanical mores, taking no precautions "to prevent children from witnessing ... «New York Magazine, Dec 13»
7
Who learned that sex made babies?
For example, Bronislaw Malinowski claimed in 1927 that, for Trobriand Islanders, the father played no role in producing a child. But later anthropologists ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jan 13»
8
Trobriand Islanders in Canberra exhibition
An exhibition portraying the culture and landscapes of the Trobriand Islands in Papua New Guinea has opened at The Australian National University in ... «Radio Australia, Sep 12»
9
TV and Radio
In the bad old days, the Trobriand Islanders off the east coast of PNG would entertain themselves by going to war with the village next door. Then Christian ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 12»
10
The Shocking Truth About Married Girls
For example, the Trobriand Islanders of Melanesia encourage girls to engage in premarital sex as a way to find a good match. The Efe of Zaire let girls have ... «LiveScience.com, Apr 08»

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