inhumation

pronunciation

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Word Origin

inhumation 埋葬，土葬

in-,进入，使，-hum,土，人，词源同human,humus.即埋到土里面，引申词义土葬，埋葬。

1. In general , they adopt the inhumation , cremation and sea-burial .: 通常来说，都是采用土葬、火葬或者海葬。

2. Although the qiang nationality has used the inhumation funeral as the whilom han nationality , we can still find the remains of the cremation .: 虽然今天羌族已经采用土葬，并且已经融入了很多汉族丧葬的因素，但是我们仍然可以从中发现火葬的影子。