sumatran

«sumatran» in Mova's school dictionary: from or to do with Sumatra, a large island of Indonesia… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (Sumatran); noun (a Sumatran, Sumatrans)

meaning for a pupil

1) Sumatran means from or to do with Sumatra, a large island of Indonesia in South-East Asia. tree →

2) A Sumatran is a person from Sumatra. tree →

3) It is used in the names of rare animals that live there: the Sumatran tiger, the Sumatran orangutan, the Sumatran rhinoceros and the Sumatran elephant. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons, Sumatran animals are examples of critically endangered species whose rainforest home is being cut down, often for palm-oil farms. Pupils learn about protecting habitats and choosing products that do not destroy forests. Phrases: «Sumatran tiger», «Sumatran orangutan», «Sumatran rainforest».

examples

• The Sumatran tiger is the smallest tiger. tree →
• Sumatran orangutans live high in the trees. tree →
• Only a few Sumatran rhinos are left in the wild. tree →
• The Sumatran rainforest is being cut down for farms. tree →
• We adopted a Sumatran tiger at the zoo for our class project. tree →
• Sumatran coffee is sold all over the world. tree →

note

Write with a capital S, because it comes from a place name (Sumatra). Pronounced soo-MAH-tran. «Critically endangered» means a species is at very high risk of dying out.

In the corpora

• Sumatran elephants are the smallest Asian elephants, and some trained elephants help rangers patrol the forest and lead wild elephants away from farms.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sumatran» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.