Chewan.adj.

Brit.

/ˈtʃeɪwə/, U.S.

/ˈtʃeɪˌwɑ/,

/ˈtʃeɪwə/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, Chewas.

Forms: 1800s– Chewa, 1900s– Cheŵa, 1900s– Cewa.

Origin: A borrowing from Chichewa. Etymon: Chichewa Cheŵa.

Etymology: < Chichewa Cheŵa, self-designation. With use with reference to the language (see sense A. 2) compare earlier Chichewa n. and Chichewa adj.In the form Cheŵa (used in Malawian English), ŵ reflects the voiced bilabial fricative of the Chichewa etymon.

A. n.

1. A member of an African people inhabiting central Malawi and adjoining areas of Zambia and Mozambique.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > Bantu peoples

Swahili1814

Chagga1823

Mashona1835

Wagogo1840

Wachagga1849

Tumbuka1850

Sukuma1860

Wanyamwezi1860

Babemba1867

Kavirondo1870

Nyamwezi1885

Bemba1887

Chewa1887

Shangaan1887

Rwanda1889

Awemba1890

Yao1894

Ngoni1899

Nyanja1899

Kisii1905

Ganda1906

Meru1908

Lamba1909

Hutu1922

Lozi1935

Ila1956

Gogo1957

1887 Proc. 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.

1951 Jrnl. 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.

1953 Afr. Affairs 52 232 The Chiefs, under Mwase, a Chewa, have joined with the Congress in many protests.

1996 J. S. Olson Peoples of Afr. 127 British and Portuguese missionaries converted most Chewas to Christianity during the colonial era.

2. The Bantu language of the Chewa (see sense A. 1). Cf. Chichewa n.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > Bantu languages

Kaffir1820

Swahilese1833

Sesotho1846

Chagga1849

Kikuyu1849

Mitshi1854

Manganja1859

Bantu1866

Kavirondo1870

Luganda1876

Sotho1876

Fan1883

Gogo1883

Lunda1883

Nyamwezi1883

Kioko1884

Barotse1888

Ganda1891

Tumbuka1891

Chichewa1897

Bemba1902

Nyanja1902

Rwanda1902

Lingala1903

Sepedi1905

Ila1907

Lamba1907

Chewa1908

Venda1908

Ngoni1911

Munchi1913

Meru1921

Yao1924

Lozi1937

Nguni1939

Ndembu1945

Mwera1947

Sango1948

Ovambo1953

Sukuma1969

Tiv1976

1908 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 7 287 A chapter on ‘Languages’, with appended Vocabularies of the following:..Bisa... Chewa... Nyanja (Chipeta) [etc.].

1917 M. 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).

1984 E. Merchant tr. H. M. Heese Sound of Awakening viii. 46 ‘We'll buy them all,’ said the man, speaking in Chewa.

1989 Soc. Malawi Jrnl. 42 35 There are no terms in Cheŵa that can be considered equivalent to the English terms ‘animal’ and ‘plant’.

2003 Africa News (Nexis) 6 June Pengaudzoke will also be launching their new album, Upire, which is Chewa for luck.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating the Chewa or their language. Cf. Chichewa adj.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > Bantu peoples

Wagogo1840

Swahilian1846

Tumbuka1850

Wanyamwezi1860

Rwanda1864

Nyasa1887

Ngoni1891

Mashona1893

Ganda1894

Ila1907

Meru1908

Chewa1909

Yao1910

Nyanja1923

Lozi1937

Nyamwezi1939

Sukuma1953

Lamba1956

Gogo1969

the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [adjective] > of or relating to Bantu languages

Kaffir1588

Kongo1597

Xhosa1812

Amapondo1830

Zulu1839

Sesotho1844

Swahilian1846

Kikuyu1850

Bantu1858

Fan1861

Amandebele1872

Nyamwezi1872

Wagogo1878

Lunda1879

Luganda1882

Sotho1883

Gogo1891

Tonga1891

Chichewa1897

Ronga1897

Bemba1904

Ila1907

Tsonga1907

Meru1908

Chewa1909

Venda1913

Lingala1922

Luba1922

Pedi1922

Nyanja1923

Nguni1929

Ndebele1930

Lobedu1937

Tiv1939

Mongo1961

Siswati1964

1909 Folk-lore 20 454 The girl who related it to me is the daughter of a Nyanja (or possibly Chewa) father and a Yao mother.

1926 Jrnl. 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.

1937 Language 13 19 In morphology, the Chewa language conforms quite rigidly to the general Bantu pattern.

1980 Canad. Jrnl. Afr. Stud. 13 394 The initiation of Bemba girls by Cewa women elders has also increased.

2003 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 9 192 The famous nyau ritual of the Chewa-speaking peoples is a symbolic re-enactment of the Chewa creation myth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chewa
释义	Chewan.adj. Brit. /ˈtʃeɪwə/, U.S. /ˈtʃeɪˌwɑ/, /ˈtʃeɪwə/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, Chewas. Forms: 1800s– Chewa, 1900s– Cheŵa, 1900s– Cewa. Origin: A borrowing from Chichewa. Etymon: Chichewa Cheŵa. Etymology: < Chichewa Cheŵa, self-designation. With use with reference to the language (see sense A. 2) compare earlier Chichewa n. and Chichewa adj.In the form Cheŵa (used in Malawian English), ŵ reflects the voiced bilabial fricative of the Chichewa etymon. A. n. 1. A member of an African people inhabiting central Malawi and adjoining areas of Zambia and Mozambique. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > Bantu peoples Swahili1814 Chagga1823 Mashona1835 Wagogo1840 Wachagga1849 Tumbuka1850 Sukuma1860 Wanyamwezi1860 Babemba1867 Kavirondo1870 Nyamwezi1885 Bemba1887 Chewa1887 Shangaan1887 Rwanda1889 Awemba1890 Yao1894 Ngoni1899 Nyanja1899 Kisii1905 Ganda1906 Meru1908 Lamba1909 Hutu1922 Lozi1935 Ila1956 Gogo1957 1887 Proc. 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. 1951 Jrnl. 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. 1953 Afr. Affairs 52 232 The Chiefs, under Mwase, a Chewa, have joined with the Congress in many protests. 1996 J. S. Olson Peoples of Afr. 127 British and Portuguese missionaries converted most Chewas to Christianity during the colonial era. 2. The Bantu language of the Chewa (see sense A. 1). Cf. Chichewa n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > Bantu languages Kaffir1820 Swahilese1833 Sesotho1846 Chagga1849 Kikuyu1849 Mitshi1854 Manganja1859 Bantu1866 Kavirondo1870 Luganda1876 Sotho1876 Fan1883 Gogo1883 Lunda1883 Nyamwezi1883 Kioko1884 Barotse1888 Ganda1891 Tumbuka1891 Chichewa1897 Bemba1902 Nyanja1902 Rwanda1902 Lingala1903 Sepedi1905 Ila1907 Lamba1907 Chewa1908 Venda1908 Ngoni1911 Munchi1913 Meru1921 Yao1924 Lozi1937 Nguni1939 Ndembu1945 Mwera1947 Sango1948 Ovambo1953 Sukuma1969 Tiv1976 1908 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 7 287 A chapter on ‘Languages’, with appended Vocabularies of the following:..Bisa... Chewa... Nyanja (Chipeta) [etc.]. 1917 M. 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). 1984 E. Merchant tr. H. M. Heese Sound of Awakening viii. 46 ‘We'll buy them all,’ said the man, speaking in Chewa. 1989 Soc. Malawi Jrnl. 42 35 There are no terms in Cheŵa that can be considered equivalent to the English terms ‘animal’ and ‘plant’. 2003 Africa News (Nexis) 6 June Pengaudzoke will also be launching their new album, Upire, which is Chewa for luck. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the Chewa or their language. Cf. Chichewa adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > Bantu peoples Wagogo1840 Swahilian1846 Tumbuka1850 Wanyamwezi1860 Rwanda1864 Nyasa1887 Ngoni1891 Mashona1893 Ganda1894 Ila1907 Meru1908 Chewa1909 Yao1910 Nyanja1923 Lozi1937 Nyamwezi1939 Sukuma1953 Lamba1956 Gogo1969 the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [adjective] > of or relating to Bantu languages Kaffir1588 Kongo1597 Xhosa1812 Amapondo1830 Zulu1839 Sesotho1844 Swahilian1846 Kikuyu1850 Bantu1858 Fan1861 Amandebele1872 Nyamwezi1872 Wagogo1878 Lunda1879 Luganda1882 Sotho1883 Gogo1891 Tonga1891 Chichewa1897 Ronga1897 Bemba1904 Ila1907 Tsonga1907 Meru1908 Chewa1909 Venda1913 Lingala1922 Luba1922 Pedi1922 Nyanja1923 Nguni1929 Ndebele1930 Lobedu1937 Tiv1939 Mongo1961 Siswati1964 1909 Folk-lore 20 454 The girl who related it to me is the daughter of a Nyanja (or possibly Chewa) father and a Yao mother. 1926 Jrnl. 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. 1937 Language 13 19 In morphology, the Chewa language conforms quite rigidly to the general Bantu pattern. 1980 Canad. Jrnl. Afr. Stud. 13 394 The initiation of Bemba girls by Cewa women elders has also increased. 2003 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 9 192 The famous nyau ritual of the Chewa-speaking peoples is a symbolic re-enactment of the Chewa creation myth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1887
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