| 释义 |
Chewa, n. and a.
Brit. |ˈtʃɛwə|, U.S. |ˈtʃɛwə|
Plural unchanged, -s
Forms: 18– Chewa, 19– Cewa
[‹ Chichewa Cheẘa, self-designation. Compare Chichewa n. and adj.
The name is spelt Cheẘa in Malawian English; ẘ denotes a voiced bilabial fricative in Chichewa.]
A. n.
1. A member of an African people inhabiting central Malawi and adjoining areas of Zambia and Mozambique.
1887Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 9 114 The tribes with whose language the writer is acquainted are the following:..The Chewa, of the Tumbuka, both to the west of the lake. 1904Jrnl. Royal Afr. Soc. 3 186 First, near the north, was that section of the tribe known as the Tambuka, further south were the Chewa, under the Mukando. 1951Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 81 103 The Ngoni are inextricably intermingled with the Cewa, with whom they inter-married from the time of their arrival as conquering invaders in the latter's territory. 1996J. S. Olson Peoples of Afr. 127 British and Portuguese missionaries converted most Chewas to Christianity during the colonial era.
2. = Chichewa n.
1917M. L. Margolis Story Bible Trans. 112 As we cross the continent of Africa, the Bible is read in..a multitude of negroid and negro tongues:..Chewa, Tonga, Yao (on the shores of Lake Nyasa). 1977K. Katzner Langs. of World (1986) iii. 348 Nyanja, known as Chewa in Malawi, is the major language. 2003Africa News (Nexis) 6 June Pengaudzoke will also be launching their new album, Upire, which is Chewa for luck.
B. adj. Of or relating to the Chewa or their language. Cf. Chichewa adj.
1926Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 56 69 A medicine known as mtsiriko is made by old Chewa hunters and employed by people for the protection of their cattle and goat kraals against carnivora. 1937Language 13 19 In morphology, the Chewa language conforms quite rigidly to the general Bantu pattern. 1980Canad. Jrnl. Afr. Stud. 394 The initiation of Bemba girls by Cewa women elders has also increased. 2003Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 9 192 The famous nyau ritual of the Chewa-speaking peoples is a symbolic re-enactment of the Chewa creation myth. |