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。
- a Toda
- the Todas
- Toda people
- Toda village
- Toda community
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。
- speak Toda
- read Toda
- write Toda
- in Toda
- Toda song
- Toda word list
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'.