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Negrito
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negrito
English
Etymology
en es-PH negrito short dark-skinned person, from es negro black person; dark-skinned person -ito diminutive suffix small; short; little 1.
Noun
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A member of a class of several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia.
en 1869 Alfred Russel Wallace The Malay Archipelago Macmillan and Co. II London 452 The Negritos and the Semangs agree very closely in physical characteristics with each other and with the Andaman Islanders, while they differ in a marked manner from every Papuan race.
Translations
member of a class of several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia
Armenian: hy նեգրիտոս
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 尼格利陀人 nígélìtuórén, cmn 矮黑人 ǎihēirén
Finnish: fi negriitti
Russian: ru негрито́с m
Spanish: es negrito
Tagalog: tl Negrito
Anagrams
en eginort ergotin genitor toe ring toering trigone
Tagalog
Etymology
tl es-PH negrito short dark-skinned person, from es negro black person; dark-skinned person -ito diminutive suffix small; short; little 1.
Pronunciation
Ne.grito
Noun
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en Negrito a member of a class of several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of the Philippines, such as the Aeta people, or by extension, Southeast Asia
Related terms
tl negro negra Negro Negros singko-negritos
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