单词 | Kullah |
释义 | Kullah|kəˈlɑː| Also Kalá, Klá, Kula. [Pegu Goḷa Indian Buddhist immigrant, f. Skr. Gauḍa ancient name of N. Bengal (Yule and Burnell).] (See quot. 1886.)
1800M. Symes Acct. Embassy to Kingdom of Ava xii. 290 On being informed that I was ‘a Colar’, or stranger,..they were reconciled. 1858H. Yule Narr. Mission to Court of Ava i. 5 His private dwelling was a small place on one side of the court, from which the women peeped out at the Kalás. 1886Yule & Burnell Hobson-Jobson 378/1 Kulá or Klá, n.p. Burmese name of a native of Continental India; and hence misapplied also to the English and other Westerns who have come to Burma from India; in fact used generally for a Western foreigner. 1890Kipling Departm. Ditties (ed. 4) 82 For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score. 1929F. T. Jesse Lacquer Lady i. iii. 21 All foreigners are kalās to the Burmans. |

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