| 释义 |
Acholi, n. and a.|əˈtʃəʊlɪ|
Also 9 Shooli, Shuli.
[Native name.]
A. n. (A member of) a farming and pastoral people of northern Uganda; the Nilotic language of this people.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Acholi or their language.
1874S. W. Baker Ismailïa II. iii. 94 Abou Saood..had told the Shooli natives to attack me. Ibid. xii. 435 The chase supplies the great tribe of Shooli with clothing. 1888Mrs. R. W. Felkin tr. E. Schnitzer's Emin Pasha in Central Afr. i. vi. 106 So early as Baker's time, Rocháma (Rot Yarma) was chief of all the Shuli. 1902Rep. on Protectorate of Uganda 24 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 671) XLVIII. 569 The political organization of various native States..has been carried out..amongst the Masai of the Mau district,..and to some extent..the Acholi,..and Bankole. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 541/2 The languages spoken in the Uganda Protectorate belong to the following stocks:—..III. Nilotic (Acholi, Aluru, Jaluo, &c.). 1936Uganda Jrnl. III. 175 (heading) Some notes on Acholi religious ceremonies. 1948Ibid. XII. 82 The name by which the people are known is Acholi, originally written Shuli: but in the country itself they are called Ganyi, and the language is called Luganyi. 1964C. Willock Enormous Zoo i. 18 Justin's wife was about to have another baby. She called it Lyec, the Acholi for elephant. 1977Time 7 Mar. 16/3 Amin [sc. President of Uganda] was determined to annihilate two tribes, the Acholi and the Langi, both of which are predominantly Christian. 1984N.Y. Times 8 Aug. a1/1 Most army members are from the Langi and Acholi tribes, which support Mr. Obote. |