| 释义 |
Tiv, a. and n.|tɪv|
[Native name.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating a people of central Nigeria, who live on either side of the Benue River, or the language spoken by them.
B. n.
a. A member of this people; also collect.
b. The Bantu language of this people.
1939R. M. East tr. B. Abiga (title) Abiga's story: the Tiv tribe as seen by one of its members. 1957W. M. Hailey Afr. Survey (rev. ed.) iii. 101 The languages of the Tiv group are largely used in mass literacy schemes in the Benue Province. 1960Guardian 15 July 14/4 The important smaller peoples like the Tivs, Kanauris, Binis and Ibibias. 1962Listener 25 Jan. 187/3 Artists and critics among the Tiv of Nigeria. 1973T. Kochman Rappin' & Stylin' Out 83 [Charles Keil] studied Tiv language, culture, music, and aesthetics, and Yoruba urban music. 1976Nigeria Herald 21 May 2/2 News in Kanuri, Tiv and Yoruba. 1977Language LIII. 290 Loanwords are not all lumped into one class (as they tend to be in Tiv). 1982B. Emecheta Destination Biafra i. 8 In Nigeria..there are smaller groups..surrounding each major tribe... Around the Hausas you have the Tivs, the Fulanis. |