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Pedi, n. and a.
Brit. |ˈpɛdi|, U.S. |ˈpɛdi|, S. Afr. |ˈpedi|
Plural unchanged, -s
Forms: 19– Pedi, 19– Peli; See also Bapedi n. and adj., Mopedi n.
[‹ Sepedi Pêdi, self-designation. Compare Southern Sotho Peli, Setswana Pedi. Compare earlier Bapedi n. and adj.
Variation between the forms Pedi and Peli corresponds formally to the differing modern orthographies used in South Africa and Lesotho respectively (compare etymological note s.v. Molimo n.1).]
A. n.
1. The Northern Sotho language of the largest group of Northern Sotho people, originating in the central and northern regions of Limpopo province (formerly northern Transvaal) of South Africa; = Sepedi n.
1890Testamente e Mphza (facing table of contents), The New Testament in Pedi. 1908Jrnl. Royal Afr. Soc. 7 412 Pedi (Peli, Sepedi). Spoken by the Bapedi, a Transvaal tribe nearly allied to the Basuto. 1933D. Westermann & I. C. Ward Pract. Phonetics for Students of Afr. Lang. xiii. 70 In Suto and Pedi, syllabic l occurs before another l. 1963B. Modisane Blame me on Hist. (1986) 34 ‘The wayside corn does not grow,’ Ma-Willie said, in Pedi, a northern Sotho dialect. 1975Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. X. 64 There was a tendency to substitute the name ‘Pedi’ for Northern Sotho, because the Pedi..are the strongest tribal unit, and particularly because Sepedi has become the written and school language of all Northern Sotho tribes. 1998A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 578/2 Tswana or Western Sotho, although mutually intelligible with Pedi, is usually treated as a separate language.
2. A member of the largest group of Northern Sotho people, originating in the central and northern regions of Limpopo province (formerly northern Transvaal) of South Africa. Cf. Bapedi n., Mopedi n.
1912H. A. Junod Life S. Afr. Tribe I. ii. i. 243 A Pedi has a real right of pre-emption on his mudzwala. 1958A. Sampson Treason Cage 148 His parents were of different tribes—father Pedi, mother Bechuana—so that Peter felt himself happily detribalised. 1976M. E. West & J. Morris Abantu 137 The Pedi were among the more recent Sotho immigrants to South Africa. They arrived in the Northern Transvaal by at least the 17th century. 1996N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 May 4 The Pedis were forced to submit to British rule in 1879..when they lost the Battle of Tstate to a red-coated force, half of which wore skirts.
B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the Pedi or their language.
1922Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 2 563 His remarks on Pedi sounds show a phonetic discrimination too often absent from similar handbooks. 1931W. Eiselen in A. M. Duggan-Cronin Bantu Tribes II. ii. 35 The greater part of the Pedi tribe lived in reserved areas situated in the Middelburg, Lydenburg and Pietersburg districts. 1937N. J. Warmelo in I. Schapera Bantu-speaking Tribes S. Afr. (1946) iii. 61 Other tribes, either loosely called Pedi or speaking the Pedi language, which have been under Pedi control and influence for a long time. 1991T. Pakenham Scramble for Afr. (1992) iii. 41 The men who favoured Kruger had refused to support Burgers in the war against the Pedi chief, Sekhukhene, who controlled parts of the northern territory claimed by the Transvaal. 2000Sunday Times (Johannesburg) (Electronic ed.) 28 May I should just play Pedi music. |