Chichewan.adj.

Brit.

/tʃᵻˈtʃeɪwə/, U.S.

/tʃəˈtʃeɪˌwɑ/,

/tʃəˈtʃeɪwə/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: 1800s– Ci-Cewa, 1900s– Chi-Chewa, 1900s– Chicewa, 1900s– Chichewa, 1900s– Chicheŵa, 1900s– Cicewa, 1900s– Cichewa.

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

Etymology: < Chichewa Chicheŵa < chi- , class prefix denoting a language + Cheŵa Chewa n. Compare Chewa n.In the form Chicheŵa (used in Malawian English), ŵ reflects the voiced bilabial fricative of the Chichewa etymon.

A. n.

The Bantu language of the Chewa people; (also, esp. in Malawi) the Bantu language of the Nyanja people (cf. Nyanja n. 2).In Malawi, the name of the national language was officially changed from Chinyanja to Chichewa in 1968.

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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

1897 H. H. Johnston Brit. Central Afr. xi. 504 (table) Vocabulary of English words and sentences translated into..Ci-cewa (Ci-nyanja).

1937 Language 13 50 Two basic moods are to be recognized in Chichewa: indicative and imperative.

1942 B. Bloch & G. L. Trager Outl. Ling. Anal. 56 In Chichewa, a Bantu language of central Africa, the base /-nthu/ ‘individual’ has the inflections /muunthu/ ‘person’ and /bhaanthu/ ‘persons’.

1977 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 90 235 Texts in Cicewa, English, and various other African languages deal with the singers' girl friends, their mother,..and the President of Malaŵi.

2003 Africa News (Nexis) 1 June Students said they would love to speak Chichewa freely but the rule forbade them from doing so.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating the Bantu language of the Chewa people. Cf. Chewa adj.

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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

1897 H. H. Johnston Brit. Central Afr. xi. 484 Ci-nyanja is the dominant language of Nyasaland. It is represented by the Ci-nyanja, Ci-cewa, Ci-cipeta.., and Ci-mbo dialects.

1937 Language 13 114 The Chichewa numerals constitute a quinary-decimal system.

1956 J. B. Carroll in B. L. Whorf Lang., Thought, & Reality 80 (note) Whorf intended to allude to the Chichewa verb system, which is extremely sensitive to the causative aspects of acts.

1988 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 15 142 Dambo is a Ci-Cewa (Bantu) word of Zambian origin meaning valley meadow land.

2003 Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) (Nexis) 29 June s3 The Chichewa word for white people is Muzungus, zungus for short.

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

单词	chichewa
释义	Chichewan.adj. Brit. /tʃᵻˈtʃeɪwə/, U.S. /tʃəˈtʃeɪˌwɑ/, /tʃəˈtʃeɪwə/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: 1800s– Ci-Cewa, 1900s– Chi-Chewa, 1900s– Chicewa, 1900s– Chichewa, 1900s– Chicheŵa, 1900s– Cicewa, 1900s– Cichewa. Origin: A borrowing from Chichewa. Etymon: Chichewa Chicheŵa. Etymology: < Chichewa Chicheŵa < chi- , class prefix denoting a language + Cheŵa Chewa n. Compare Chewa n.In the form Chicheŵa (used in Malawian English), ŵ reflects the voiced bilabial fricative of the Chichewa etymon. A. n. The Bantu language of the Chewa people; (also, esp. in Malawi) the Bantu language of the Nyanja people (cf. Nyanja n. 2).In Malawi, the name of the national language was officially changed from Chinyanja to Chichewa in 1968. 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 1897 H. H. Johnston Brit. Central Afr. xi. 504 (table) Vocabulary of English words and sentences translated into..Ci-cewa (Ci-nyanja). 1937 Language 13 50 Two basic moods are to be recognized in Chichewa: indicative and imperative. 1942 B. Bloch & G. L. Trager Outl. Ling. Anal. 56 In Chichewa, a Bantu language of central Africa, the base /-nthu/ ‘individual’ has the inflections /muunthu/ ‘person’ and /bhaanthu/ ‘persons’. 1977 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 90 235 Texts in Cicewa, English, and various other African languages deal with the singers' girl friends, their mother,..and the President of Malaŵi. 2003 Africa News (Nexis) 1 June Students said they would love to speak Chichewa freely but the rule forbade them from doing so. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the Bantu language of the Chewa people. Cf. Chewa adj. ΘΚΠ 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 1897 H. H. Johnston Brit. Central Afr. xi. 484 Ci-nyanja is the dominant language of Nyasaland. It is represented by the Ci-nyanja, Ci-cewa, Ci-cipeta.., and Ci-mbo dialects. 1937 Language 13 114 The Chichewa numerals constitute a quinary-decimal system. 1956 J. B. Carroll in B. L. Whorf Lang., Thought, & Reality 80 (note) Whorf intended to allude to the Chichewa verb system, which is extremely sensitive to the causative aspects of acts. 1988 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 15 142 Dambo is a Ci-Cewa (Bantu) word of Zambian origin meaning valley meadow land. 2003 Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) (Nexis) 29 June s3 The Chichewa word for white people is Muzungus, zungus for short. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1897
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