| 释义 |
Saho, n. and a.|ˈsɑːhəʊ|
Also † Shiho, Shoho.
[Cushitic.]
A. n.
a. A (member of a) Cushitic-speaking people of Eritrea.
b. The language or dialect of this people.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people or their language.
1790J. Bruce Trav. III. v. iii. 68 The Shiho were once very numerous; but, like all these nations having communication with Masuah, have suffered much by the ravages of the small-pox. 1831S. Gobat Jrnl. 22 May (1834) iv. 291, I have just passed three very disagreeable months, in the midst of the savage Shohos. 1842Isenberg & Krapf Jrnl. 30 Apr. (1843) 521 The Governor promised this morning that he would send to the next Shoho village for a guide to take us to Arkeeko. a1860W. C. Plowden Trav. Abyssinia (1868) i. 23 The Shihos, a nomad race to the southward of Massowah. Ibid. xviii. 360 There are two roads, through the countries of two tribes of Shihos, leading to Adowah, the one through the tribe called Asowarta, the other, Tora... These two tribes form the Shiho nation, and occupy the mountainous tracts between Massowah and Christian Abyssinia. 1883R. N. Cust Sk. Mod. Lang. Afr. I. ix. 128 (heading) Saho or Shiho or Shoho. Ibid. 129 The Saho bring down their herds in the rains to graze. 1885[see Danakil n. and a.]. 1932W. L. Graff Lang. xi. 404 The most important dialects [of Cushitic] are Bedja, Saho and Afar. 1960E. Ullendorff Ethiopians iii. 40 The Saho tribes live in the coastal depression between Massawa in the north, the gulf of Zula in the east, and the escarpment of the Akkele Guzay in the west. 1962G. A. Lipsky et al. Ethiopia iv. 47 Almost all the Saho-speaking tribes are located in Eritrea. Ibid. vii. 113 The Saho and Dānākil people also are Moslem. 1968M. Abir Ethiopia vi. 132 Most of the Sahos and their Belau rulers left Arkiko and the surrounding area, and escaped into the mountains. 1972Language XLVIII. 847 His list can be supplemented with examples from..Chinantec, Saho, Slave. |