aborigine

See also Aborigine

English

Etymology

• Back-formation from aborigines.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˌæb.əˈɹɪdʒ.ə.ni/, /ˌæb.əˈɹɪdʒ.ɪ.ni/

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Noun

aborigine (countable and uncountable; plural aborigines)

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

Translations

aboriginal inhabitant of a country

• Arabic: ساكن أصلي (ar) (saakin 'áSliy)
• Bulgarian: абориген (bg) (aborigén) m, туземец (bg) (tuzémec) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原住民 (cmn) (yuánzhùmín), 土著 (cmn) (tǔzhù)

• Czech: domorodec (cs) m
• Danish: aboriginer (da) c
• Finnish: alkuasukas (fi)
• French: aborigène (fr) m and f
• German: Aborigine (de) m, Urbewohner (de) m
• Hungarian: bennszülött (hu)
• Icelandic: frumbyggi (is) m
• Italian: aborigeno (it)

• Japanese: アボリジニ (ja) (aborijini), 原住民 (ja) (げんじゅうみん, genjūmin)
• Manx: bun-cummaltagh (gv) m, bun-dooghyssagh (gv) m
• Mongolian: абориген (mn) (aborigén), уугуул хүн (mn) (uuguul hün)
• Portuguese: aborígene (pt) m and f, nativo (pt) m, indígena (pt) m and f
• Russian: абориген (ru) (aborigén) m (usually of Australian aborigines only), туземец (ru) (tuzémec) m, коренной житель (ru) (korennój žítel') m, автохтон (ru) (avtoxtón) m (rare, scientific)
• Spanish: aborigen (es) m and f, indígena (es) m and f
• Tok Pisin: kanaka (tpi)
• Turkish: asıl yerli (tr)
• Ukrainian: абориген (uk) (aboryhén) m

Usage notes

• Should be capitalized in Australian contexts.
• 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 inflection from 'Aborigines', not actually originally an S-addition pluralization (see Aborigine/Aborigines/Aboriginal entries in Oxford Dictionary).

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Finnish

Noun

aborigine

1. Aborigine (aboriginal Australian)

Declension

Declension of aborigine (irregular) singular plural nominative aborigine aboriginet genitive aboriginen aboriginien partitive aboriginea aborigineja accusative aborigine aboriginen aboriginet inessive aboriginessa aborigineissa elative aboriginesta aborigineista illative aborigineen aborigineihin adessive aboriginella aborigineilla ablative aboriginelta aborigineilta allative aboriginelle aborigineille essive aboriginena aborigineina translative aborigineksi aborigineiksi instructive – aboriginein abessive aboriginetta aborigineitta comitative – aborigineineen

See also

• alkuasukas

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Latin

Noun

aborigine

1. ablative singular of aborigō