| 释义 |
Fingo|ˈfɪŋgəuː|
Also Fengu |ˈfɛŋgʊ|.
[f. Bantu amaMfengu destitute people in search of work, f. fenguza to seek service.]
A Negro people of South Africa, now resident in the eastern Cape Province, representing a coalescence of various groups of fugitives driven from Natal in the 1820's.
1829C. Rose 4 Years S. Afr. viii. 193, I saw many of the fugitives, who are called Fingos, wanderers. 1836Grahamstown Jrnl. 109 (Pettman), The Fingoes residing on the missionary station, displayed..considerable firmness and courage. 1850J. W. Appleyard Kafir Lang. 41 The term Amafengu is a conventional national epithet, first applied to the Fingoes by the Kafirs, but now in general use amongst themselves. 1883Encycl. Brit. XVI. 517/1 The South African races, Hottentots and Kaffres, Fingoes and Bechuanas, Basutos and Zulus. 1902Ibid. XXX. 3/1 The formerly degraded but now respected and civilized Fingos or Fengus, who give their name to the district of Fingoland. 1955M. Gluckman Custom & Conflict in Afr. iii. 76 A similar attitude was shown by some Fingo elders. |