toda
toda — noun
1. a person from a small herding community in southern India's Nilgiri hills, whose
a person from a small herding community in southern India's Nilgiri hills, whose traditions give special importance to buffalo and other cattle
A Toda carried milk from the buffalo pen at dawn.
a Toda + verb for one member of the group
The guide said the Todas still hold festivals around their cattle.
the Todas + plural verb for the people as a group
Researchers interviewed a Toda about marriage customs in the Nilgiri Hills.
Many Todas live in small villages high in southern India.
文法句型
a Toda
the Todas
Toda people
用法筆記
Usually capitalized. Use a Toda for one person and the Todas or Toda people for the group. This sense often appears in writing about southern India, religion, or pastoral life.
2. a Dravidian language spoken by the Toda people in the Nilgiri hills
a Dravidian language spoken by the Toda people in the Nilgiri hills
The school recorded a short song in Toda for its language project.
in Toda for the language used in speech or song
Nia cannot read Toda, but she understands a few greetings.
read Toda for literacy in the language
A linguist translated an old story from Toda into English for the class.
The archive keeps word lists in Toda from villages in the hills.
文法句型
speak Toda
read Toda
in Toda
用法筆記
As a language name, Toda is usually capitalized and normally used without an article: say 'speak Toda', not 'speak the Toda'.