aborigine

See also: Aborigine, aborígine, and ab origine

English

Etymology

Back-formation from aborigines.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

aborigine (countable and uncountable, plural aborigines)

A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people. [First attested in the early 19^th century.]^[1]
(in the plural) The native flora and fauna of an area. [First attested in the late 17^th century.]^[1]

Usage notes

Usually capitalized in Australian contexts, Aborigine. Today considered offensive; more appropriate terms would be "Aboriginal person" or "Indigenous Australian".
Fowler's 3rd edition considers this singular to be "etymologically indefensible" notwithstanding its having become the established form in Australia since 1829. This is in reference to its derivation from aborigines, which was not actually formed as aborigine + -s but is the historically original word.

Derived terms

Descendants

→? Norwegian Bokmål: aborigin

Translations

aboriginal inhabitant of a country

Arabic: سَاكِن أَصْلِيّ (sākin ʔaṣliyy)
Bulgarian: абориге́н (bg) m (aborigén), тузе́мец (bg) m (tuzémec)
Catalan: aborigen m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 原住民 (zh) (yuánzhùmín), 土著 (zh) (tǔzhù)
Czech: domorodec (cs) m
Danish: aboriginer (da) c
Finnish: alkuasukas (fi)
French: aborigène (fr) m or f, autochtone (fr) m or f
Georgian: მკვიდრი (mḳvidri), ადგილობრივი (adgilobrivi), აბორიგენი (ka) (aborigeni)
German: Aborigine (de) m, Urbewohner m
Greek: ιθαγενής (el) (ithagenís)
Hungarian: bennszülött (hu)
Icelandic: frumbyggi (is) m
Indonesian: aborigin
Irish: bundúchasach m
Italian: aborigeno (it)
Japanese: アボリジニ (ja) (aborijini), 原住民 (ja) (げんじゅうみん, genjūmin)
Korean: 원주민 (ko) (wonjumin), 토착민 (ko) (tochangmin)
Macedonian: домородец m (domorodec)
Malay: orang asli
Manx: bun-cummaltagh m, bun-dooghyssagh m
Mari:
Eastern Mari: абориген (aborigen)
Mongolian: абориген (aborigen), уугуул хүн (uuguul xün)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: aborigin (no) m, aboriginer m
Polish: aborygen (pl) m, autochton (pl) m, krajowiec (pl) m, tubylec (pl) m
Portuguese: aborígene (pt) m or f, nativo (pt) m, indígena (pt) m or f
Russian: абориге́н (ru) m (aborigén) (usually of Australian aborigines only), тузе́мец (ru) m (tuzémec), коренно́й жи́тель (ru) m (korennój žítelʹ), автохто́н (ru) m (avtoxtón) (rare, scientific)
Spanish: aborigen (es) m or f, indígena (es) m or f
Tok Pisin: kanaka
Turkish: asıl yerli
Ukrainian: абориге́н (uk) m (aboryhén)
Welsh: brodor m, cynfrodor m

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “aborigine”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

Anagrams

baignoire

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English aborigine.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæboridʒiːn/, [ˈæbo̞ˌridʒiːn]
Rhymes: -idʒiːn

Noun

aborigine (rare)

Aborigine (aboriginal Australian)

Declension

Inflection of aborigine (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		aborigine	aboriginet
genitive		aboriginen	aboriginejen
partitive		aboriginea	aborigineja
illative		aborigineen	aborigineihin
		singular	plural
nominative		aborigine	aboriginet
accusative	nom.	aborigine	aboriginet
accusative	gen.	aboriginen	aboriginet
genitive		aboriginen	aboriginejen aboriginein ^rare
partitive		aboriginea	aborigineja
inessive		aboriginessa	aborigineissa
elative		aboriginesta	aborigineista
illative		aborigineen	aborigineihin
adessive		aboriginella	aborigineilla
ablative		aboriginelta	aborigineilta
allative		aboriginelle	aborigineille
essive		aboriginena	aborigineina
translative		aborigineksi	aborigineiksi
abessive		aboriginetta	aborigineitta
instructive		—	aboriginein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of aborigine (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		aborigineni	aborigineni
accusative	nom.	aborigineni	aborigineni
accusative	gen.	aborigineni	aborigineni
genitive		aborigineni	aboriginejeni aborigineini ^rare
partitive		aborigineani	aboriginejani
inessive		aboriginessani	aborigineissani
elative		aboriginestani	aborigineistani
illative		aborigineeni	aborigineihini
adessive		aboriginellani	aborigineillani
ablative		aborigineltani	aborigineiltani
allative		aboriginelleni	aborigineilleni
essive		aboriginenani	aborigineinani
translative		aboriginekseni	aborigineikseni
abessive		aboriginettani	aborigineittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	aborigineineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		aboriginesi	aboriginesi
accusative	nom.	aboriginesi	aboriginesi
accusative	gen.	aboriginesi	aboriginesi
genitive		aboriginesi	aboriginejesi aborigineisi ^rare
partitive		aborigineasi	aboriginejasi
inessive		aboriginessasi	aborigineissasi
elative		aboriginestasi	aborigineistasi
illative		aborigineesi	aborigineihisi
adessive		aboriginellasi	aborigineillasi
ablative		aborigineltasi	aborigineiltasi
allative		aboriginellesi	aborigineillesi
essive		aboriginenasi	aborigineinasi
translative		aborigineksesi	aborigineiksesi
abessive		aboriginettasi	aborigineittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	aborigineinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		aboriginemme	aboriginemme
accusative	nom.	aboriginemme	aboriginemme
accusative	gen.	aboriginemme	aboriginemme
genitive		aboriginemme	aboriginejemme aborigineimme ^rare
partitive		aborigineamme	aboriginejamme
inessive		aboriginessamme	aborigineissamme
elative		aboriginestamme	aborigineistamme
illative		aborigineemme	aborigineihimme
adessive		aboriginellamme	aborigineillamme
ablative		aborigineltamme	aborigineiltamme
allative		aboriginellemme	aborigineillemme
essive		aboriginenamme	aborigineinamme
translative		aborigineksemme	aborigineiksemme
abessive		aboriginettamme	aborigineittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	aborigineinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		aboriginenne	aboriginenne
accusative	nom.	aboriginenne	aboriginenne
accusative	gen.	aboriginenne	aboriginenne
genitive		aboriginenne	aboriginejenne aborigineinne ^rare
partitive		aborigineanne	aboriginejanne
inessive		aboriginessanne	aborigineissanne
elative		aboriginestanne	aborigineistanne
illative		aborigineenne	aborigineihinne
adessive		aboriginellanne	aborigineillanne
ablative		aborigineltanne	aborigineiltanne
allative		aboriginellenne	aborigineillenne
essive		aboriginenanne	aborigineinanne
translative		aborigineksenne	aborigineiksenne
abessive		aboriginettanne	aborigineittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	aborigineinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		aboriginensa	aboriginensa
accusative	nom.	aboriginensa	aboriginensa
accusative	gen.	aboriginensa	aboriginensa
genitive		aboriginensa	aboriginejensa aborigineinsa ^rare
partitive		aborigineaan aborigineansa	aboriginejaan aboriginejansa
inessive		aboriginessaan aboriginessansa	aborigineissaan aborigineissansa
elative		aboriginestaan aboriginestansa	aborigineistaan aborigineistansa
illative		aborigineensa	aborigineihinsa
adessive		aboriginellaan aboriginellansa	aborigineillaan aborigineillansa
ablative		aborigineltaan aborigineltansa	aborigineiltaan aborigineiltansa
allative		aboriginelleen aboriginellensa	aborigineilleen aborigineillensa
essive		aboriginenaan aboriginenansa	aborigineinaan aborigineinansa
translative		aboriginekseen aborigineksensa	aborigineikseen aborigineiksensa
abessive		aboriginettaan aboriginettansa	aborigineittaan aborigineittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	aborigineineen aborigineinensa

Latin

Adjective

aborigine

vocative masculine singular of aboriginus

[SOED-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “aborigine”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

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English

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Finnish

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Latin

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