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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

intertribal en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English tribal English intertribal From inter- + tribal.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Between tribes.
    • I think in reality he was a Woolna spy, for his appearance on the scene generally foreboded some inter-tribal excitement and disturbance. 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 184:

Deriveds

intertribally