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English
Etymology
From inter- + tribal.
Adjective
intertribal (not comparable)
- Between tribes.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 184:I think in reality he was a Woolna spy, for his appearance on the scene generally foreboded some inter-tribal excitement and disturbance.
Spanish
Adjective
intertribal m or f (masculine and feminine plural intertribales)
- intertribal
2015 November 25, “Opinión”, in El País:El chico, no obstante, se ganó un nombre jugándose el pellejo en las luchas intertribales, especialmente con los cuervos -a los que les liquidó a su jefe Conejo Pequeño- y los pawnees, de los que una vez mató a cuatro con una sola mano (no se especifica qué hacía mientras con la otra).- (please add an English translation of this quotation)