Aboriginal

Etymology
See Aboriginal.

Adjective

 * 1) Original or indigenous to a place
 * 2) * 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, Longman et al. (publishers), page 277:
 * Green in the Church-yard, beautiful and green; / / And mantled o'er with aboriginal turf / And everlasting flowers.

Synonyms

 * native, indigenous, autochthonous, endemic, original, first, earliest, primitive, ancient, primordial, primeval

Derived terms

 * aboriginality
 * aboriginally

Related terms

 * aborigine

Thesaurus
abecedarian; aborigine; ancestral; antenatal; antepatriarchal; atavistic; autochthon; autochthonous; barbarian; barbaric; barbarous; basal; basic; beginning; budding; central; creative; crucial; elemental; elementary; embryonic; endemic; fetal; formative; foundational; fundamental; generative; genetic; germinal; gestatory; homebred; homegrown; humanoid; in embryo; in its infancy; in ovo; in the bud; inaugural; inceptive; inchoate; inchoative; incipient; incunabular; indigene; indigenous; infant; infantile; initial; initiative; initiatory; introductory; inventive; nascent; natal; native; native-born; original; parturient; patriarchal; postnatal; preadamite; preglacial; pregnant; prehistoric; prehuman; prenatal; primal; primary; prime; primeval; primitive; primogenial; primoprimitive; primordial; pristine; procreative; protogenic; protohistoric; protohuman; radical; rudimental; rudimentary; savage; seminal; ur; vernacular

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ιθαγενής
 * Irish: bundúchasach


 * Italian:
 * Manx: bun-chummallagh, bun-dooghyssagh
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: aborigen, indígena
 * Ukrainian:, , ,

Usage notes

 * Using uncapitalized aboriginal to refer to people or anything associated with people may cause offence.
 * In Canada, style manuals recommend against using the noun Aboriginal for a person or people.
 * See also the usage notes under Aboriginal.