Kanarese, a. and n.
(kænəˈriːz)
Also Canarese.
[f. Kanara + -ese.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Kanara in western India, or its people. B. n. a. A native of Kanara. b. The language of Kanara, belonging to the Tamulic class of the Dravidian family, closely allied to Telugu; also called Karnata, and now generally and officially Kannada.
| 1838 Krishnamacharya (title) A grammar of the modern Canarese language. 1847 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal XVI. ii. 1142 The same effect is observable even in Telugu and Canarese. 1856 [see Karnata a. and n.]. 1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 513/2 Maráthi and Kanarese are both spoken. 1880 Ibid. XII. 428/2 In the different parts of the [Hyderabad] territory the Marath{iacu}, the Kanarese, and Telugu languages are spoken. 1920 Publ. Opinion 26 Nov. 521/2 Instruction in the following tongues, Hindustani, Kaffir, Kanarese. 1921 Q. Rev. Oct. 328 That Indian Kings were deified after death is placed beyond doubt by a Kanarese inscription. 1939 L. H. Gray Foundations of Lang. 30 The languages of South India (Tamil, Telugu, Kanarese, etc.). 1969 Enactment (Delhi) Nov. 12/1, I do not hurl abuses and acid bulbs on my neighbours because they speak..Kanarese and I speak Konkani. 1971 Hindustan Times Weekly Rev. (New Delhi) 4 Apr. p. iv/5 (Advt.), Please send me a free set of recipes in..Malayalam/Gujarati/Marathi/Kanarese. |