Gilberteseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Gilbert +‎ -ese. See Gilbertese language § Name on Wikipedia.

発音

固有名詞

Gilbertese

1. An Austronesian language spoken in Kiribati.

同意語

• Kiribati

名詞

Gilbertese (plural Gilbertese)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A person from the Gilbert Islands in Kiribati.

   Synonym: Kiribatian

   • 1981, Roland W. Force, Brenda Bishop, Persistence and Exchange: Papers from a Symposium on Ecological Problems of the Traditional Societies of the Pacific Region : XIV Pacific Science Congress, Khabarovsk, U.S.S.R., August--September, 1979:

     If each Gilbertese passes on land to his or her children, not very many generations will pass before the land plots become relatively fragmented. This was and is the case. Many land plots are small, […]

使用する際の注意点

As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Gilbertese", "writing about Gilbertese cuisine as a Gilbertese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Gilbertese") or before a noun like person, man, or woman ("writing about Gilbertese cuisine as a Gilbertese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only used primarily as an adjective or as a plural noun.

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Gilbertese, gil ⁠
• “Gilbertese”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.