| 释义 |
Dinka, n. and a.|ˈdɪŋkə|
[f. native name Jieng people.]
A. n. A member of a Sudanese people or their language; collect., this people.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people.
1861J. Petherick Egypt, Soudan & Cent. Afr. xx. 345 The Dinka, an extensive negro tribe, inhabit the eastern interior. Ibid. 348 Five Dinka children. Ibid. 360 The Djibba speak a different language from the Dinkas. 1873E. E. Frewer tr. Schweinfurth's Heart of Africa II. 501 List of mammalia observed during my travels..with their native names... Dinka: Agohk. Dyoor: Abworro. Bongo: Gumbi. 1900Daily News 27 Feb. 5/7 Four days before reaching Bahr el Jaraf I was attacked by Dinkas. 1926Blackw. Mag. Oct. 561/2 Wol explained in the Dinka dialect the reason and object of my sudden visit. Ibid. 562/1 The native Dinka never hurries unless he is being hunted. 1949E. E. Evans-Pritchard in M. Fortes Social Structure 86 The adoption of a Dinka boy. Ibid., Marriages of adopted Dinka into collateral major, and even minor, lineages undoubtedly take place sometimes. 1968Y. R. Chao Language & Symbolic Systems 99 Dinka and Luo..have almost 1 million speakers each. |