| 释义 |
hlonipa, v.|ˈhlɒnɪpə|
Also hlonipha.
[a. Zulu, Xhosa hlonipa vb.]
Among south-east African Bantu peoples of the Nguni group: to avoid in conversation the radical of the name of certain persons to whom such respect is due.
In English contexts often treated as a noun. In quot. 1850 uku- is the Xhosa infinitive prefix.
[1850J. W. Appleyard Kafir Lang. 70 The Kafir women have many words peculiar to themselves. This arises from a national custom, called ukuhlonipa.] 1913C. Pettman Africanderisms 212 The word hlonipa means that they [sc. women] are too bashful or polite to use such names in common everyday speech. 1936E. J. Krige Social Syst. Zulus ii. 30 The behaviour towards relatives-in-law is largely bound up with the custom of hlonipha. 1970Stand. Encycl. S. Afr. II. 96/1 Among the Nguni peoples of South Africa the relationship [between parents-in-law and children-in-law] is clearly defined in a code of conduct known as hlonipha. A wife must hlonipha her in-laws, in other words she must act humbly and respectfully toward them and shun them. |