| 释义 |
Somali, n. and a.|səʊˈmɑːlɪ|
Also Somal, Somauli, etc.
[Native name.]
A. n.
a. A Hamitic people, adherents of Islam, living in the Horn of Africa, esp. in the Somali Democratic Republic (Somalia); a member of this people.
b. The language of this people which belongs to the Cushitic sub-family and existed until recently in spoken form only.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Somalis or their country.
1814Somauli [see Swahili]. 1842Jrnl. R. Geogr. Soc. XII. 241 There are also smaller kalifas that trade to Amin, Ugadin, and other parts of the Somauli country. 1850Trans. Bombay Geogr. Soc. IX. 129 The country inhabited by the Somal is very extensive. Ibid. 130 Since the occupation of Aden by the English, the Somaulies have continued to cross over in considerable numbers. Ibid. 136 The article in Somauli is expressed by ka, ki or ga, gi. 1856R. F. Burton First Footsteps E. Africa 89 In the latter sense it is the polite address to a Somali. Ibid. 644/2 Tale of a Somal chief. 1878[see Galla]. 1888F. L. James Unknown Horn of Africa 30 ‘Hubla’ (Somal for ‘virgin’). 1921H. Rayne Sun, Sand & Somals 5 The Somali has deeply religious tendencies. 1930C. G. Seligman Races of Africa v. 124 The early history of the Somali is obscure; that they are essentially Hamitic is certain. 1933[see Cushite a. and n.]. 1937K. Blixen Out of Africa ii. iv. 137 The immigrant Somalis..are severe Mohammedans. Ibid. iii. iii. 188 The circle of Somali women in my household. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet ii. iv. 300 This script, called..‘the Osmanya script’..has been created recently for the Somali language by ‘Isman Yusuf. 1978Encounter Feb. 52/2 It may be that Cubans using Russian weapons saved Ethiopia from defeat by the Somalis in November 1977. 1978Language LIV. 453 The status of Somali (no official orthography; 184, 201) has changed drastically (Romanization adopted).
Hence Soˈmalian a. = Somali a.
1948D. Diringer Alphabet ii. iv. 300 The origin of the Somalian alphabet. 1976Guardian 23 Aug. 7/1 Her father was Christian and disapproved of the general Somalian habit of infibulation. 1981Sci. Amer. Mar. 29/3 The other [skull] found more recently in a fertilizer factory near Mogadishu, where fishermen who had picked it up on a Somalian beach had sent it. |