| 释义 |
Kongo, n. and a.|ˈkɒŋgəʊ|
Pl. unchanged.
[Kikongo; cf. Congo n.]
A. n.
a. A member of a group of peoples indigenous to the region of the Zaire (formerly Congo) river, in south-western Africa.
b. The Bantu language of these people; = *Kikongo n.B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Kongo or their language.
1862W. H. I. Bleek Comp. Gram. S. Afr. Langs. ii. 22 Kongo bhobha (to speak, talk) is Hereró pópa (to warn, persuade). 1910Encycl. Brit. III. 359/2 In the south the Kongo dialects melt imperceptibly into the closely-allied Angola language... The river Loje to some extent serves as a frontier between the Kongo and Mbundu tongues. 1936Discovery June 172/1 The area of the Western Bantu includes..in the west [the home of] such renowned cannibals as the Fang; it also includes the territory of considerable and highly organised kingdoms, such as the medieval kingdoms of the Kongo and the Balunda, and the later Bushongo Empire. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia I. 273/1 (caption) Kongo nail fetish, coastal region, Lower Congo cultural area. Ibid. IV. 1121/1 After converting to Christianity, the kings of the Kongo became allied with the Portuguese. 1988English World-Wide IX. 150 The suprasegmentals cannot be derived from Twi, Yoruba or Kongo. |