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Munchi, n. and a.|ˈmʊntʃɪ|
Also Midsi, Mitshi, Munshi.
[Native name.]
A. n.
a. A Negro people living in Nigeria near the junction of the Niger and Benue rivers; a member of this people.
b. The language of this people.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people.
1854S. A. Crowther Jrnl. Expedition Niger (1855) ii. 61 There is a tribe on the south bank called Mitshi. They have been represented all along as a wild people and wicked archers. 1883R. N. Cust Sk. Mod. Lang. Afr. I. xi. 231 Michi, Midsi, Mbidsi is the language spoken by a tribe dwelling on the Left or South Bank of the Binué. 1892A. F. Mockler-Ferryman Up Niger iv. 76 The Mitshis are a difficult people to deal with, since they acknowledge no one as head of the tribe, and live in independent families, fearing no one, yet feared by all foreign tribes. Ibid., There was a sort of feeling of relief among our crew when..we had left the Mitshi country. 1905C. Partridge Cross River Natives v. 89 This angle is peopled by the fierce Munchis or Mitshis, a warlike pagan tribe dreaded by their enemies on account of the deadly poison with which they smear their arrows. 1908Daily Chron. 12 Nov. 5/6 At least one-half of the Munchi country is now open to trade. 1913F. W. H. Migeod Lang. West Afr. II. xxi. 324 The fact of its being found in Munshi is of special interest... This dual connection, having in view the actual numerals which are similar, brings Munshi into touch with languages far to the west. 1933J. Cary American Visitor viii. 96 When you say pagans, do you mean the Munchis..or the Kukuruku? |