coolie: [17] Coolie is not etymologically related to cool. It comes from Hindi kulī, which may be the same word as Kulī, the name of an aboriginal tribe of Gujarat in western India. It has been speculated that the word was transported by the Portuguese from there to southern India and thence to China (it is now mainly applied to Far Eastern labourers), its meaning perhaps influenced by Tamil kūli ‘hire’.
coolie (n.)
name given by Europeans to hired laborers in India and China, c. 1600, from Hindi quli "hired servant," probably from kuli, name of an aboriginal tribe or caste in Gujarat. The name was picked up by the Portuguese, who used it in southern India (where by coincidence kuli in Tamil meant "hire") and in China.
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1. I will not have an officer from my battalion working as a coolie.
我不会让我的军官去象一个小工一样干苦力.
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2. A coolie grabbed a handful of penicillin from a shelf.
有一个苦力从货架上抓了几盒青霉素.
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3. Yesterday has been doing coolie quarters.
昨天一直在宿舍做苦力.
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4. One coolie grabbed Kjeryn's handbag from her shoulder and fled down the street.
一个苦力抢走了卡捷林的手提包逃进了街弄里.
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5. Does traditional media return the content coolie that can you be them only finally?