| 单词 |
taal |
| 释义 |
▪ I. taal S. Africa.|tɑːl|
[a. Du. taal language, speech, MDu. and MLG. tāle language, speech, tale, = OE. talu tale, story, account: see tale.]
The Dutch word for language, speech (de Nederlandsche taal, the Netherlands or Dutch language): in English, ‘the taal’, spec. applied to the Cape Dutch, or Dutch patois spoken in South Africa.
1896Westm. Gaz. 8 Jan. 8/1 He speaks the Taal better than a Hollander can, and can understand the Boers better. 1897Bryce Impressions S. Afr. 480 It [Boer Dutch] differs widely from the cultivated Dutch of Holland,..having become vulgarised into a dialect called the Taal. Ibid. 511 Except some of the men from Cape Colony, they could not speak the Boer Taal. 1900Spectator 6 Oct. 460 One of the first results..was to establish the Taal, the Cape patois, as an official language.
attrib. and Comb.1898Johannesburg Star 4 June, Sundry clever and humorous volumes of taal-verse. 1901Daily Chron. 22 July 5/3 An epitome of all the more unattractive qualities of the taal-speaking Dutch.
▪ II. taal
obs. f. tale. |
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