| 释义 |
Efik, n. and a.|ˈɛfɪk|
[Native name.]
A. n.
a. A southern Nigerian language of the Benue-Congo family.
b. (A member of) a people of southern Nigeria, closely related to the Ibibio.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Efik or their language.
1849H. M. Waddell (title) Vocabulary of the Efik or Old Calabar language. 1862H. Goldie Dict. Efik Lang. p. xi, In the language cultivated by this mission, the Efik, the following works have been produced. 1876Encycl. Brit. IV. 649/2 It was not till the early part of the 18th century that the Efik, owing to civil war with their kindred the Ibibio, migrated from the neighbourhood of the Niger to the shores of the Old Calabar. 1883[see Kwa]. 1888Proc. R. Geogr. Soc. X. 633 The Efik people..are dotted here and there among the Bantu tribes, beyond the Rio del Rey. 1932Africa V. 504 An examination of Efik, a river-dialect of Ibibio, reveals..the fact that from English has been taken a considerable number of words. 1934Webster, Efik... 2 One of a Negro people of Nigeria. 1950D. Jones Phoneme viii. 32 In the Efik language of Nigeria there exists an i (similar to the English vowel in eat) and an ə (similar to the sound of a in along). 1963G. I. Jones Trading States of Oil Rivers iii. 36 Dapper..tells us nothing about the Efiks or why they should be called Old Calabar. 1976[see Edo]. 1984Washington Post 19 Nov. c6/2, 30 candidates from 21 to 60 years in age were..cast by Deal in a revival of his ‘Efik-Ibibio Suite’. |