toda
toda — 名詞
1. a person from a small herding community in southern India's Nilgiri hills, whose
托達人
南印度托達族的成員
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.
一位托達人在黎明時從水牛欄帶回牛奶。
a Toda + verb for one member of the group
The guide said the Todas still hold festivals around their cattle.
導覽員說，托達人至今仍會舉行與牛群有關的節慶。
the Todas + plural verb for the people as a group
Researchers interviewed a Toda about marriage customs in the Nilgiri Hills.
研究人員訪問了一位托達人，了解尼爾吉里山區的婚俗。
Many Todas live in small villages high in southern India.
許多托達人住在印度南部山區的小村落裡。
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
托達語
托達族人使用的語言
a Dravidian language spoken by the Toda people in the Nilgiri hills
The school recorded a short song in Toda for its language project.
學校為語言專題錄了一首用托達語唱的短歌。
in Toda for the language used in speech or song
Nia cannot read Toda, but she understands a few greetings.
Nia 不會讀托達語，但聽得懂幾句問候語。
read Toda for literacy in the language
A linguist translated an old story from Toda into English for the class.
一位語言學家為班上把一則古老的故事從托達語譯成英文。
The archive keeps word lists in Toda from villages in the hills.
檔案館保存著來自山區村落、以托達語寫成的詞表。
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'.