canoe的词源
英文词源
- canoe
- canoe: [16] Like cannibal, canoe is a word of Caribbean origin. In the language of the local Carib people it was canaoua, and it passed via Arawakan into Spanish (recorded by Christopher Columbus) as canoa. That was the form in which it first came into English; modern canoe is due to the influence of French canoe. Originally, the word was used for referring to any simple boat used by ‘primitive’ tribes; it was not until the late 18th century that a more settled idea of what we would today recognize as a canoe began to emerge.
- canoe (n.)
- 1550s, originally in a West Indian context, from Spanish canoa, a term used by Columbus, from Arawakan (Haiti) canaoua. Extended to rough-made or dugout boats generally. Early variants in English included cano, canow, canoa, etc., before spelling settled down c. 1600.
- canoe (v.)
- 1842, from canoe (n.). Related: Canoed; canoing.
中文词源
canoe（独木舟）：美洲土著使用的轻便小舟
哥伦布第一次抵达美洲的西印度群岛时，见识到了当地土著人使用一种非常轻便的小舟，用挖空的树干做成，仅能容纳一人。当地土著人用它在大洋的各个岛屿中来往。当地的阿拉瓦克人将这种小舟称为canaoua。哥伦布将其翻译为西拔牙语canoa，并在旅行日记中予以记载。英语单词canoe就来自西班牙语canoa，仅在拼写上略有变化。
canoe：[kə'nuː] n.独木舟vi.划独木舟vt.用独木舟运输
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来自加勒比海地区土著语言。
来源于加勒比地区的方言
