ahoin.

Brit.

/əˈhɔɪ/, U.S.

/əˈhɔɪ/, East African English

/aˈhoi/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, ahois.

Origin: A borrowing from Kikuyu. Etymon: Kikuyu ahoi.

Etymology: < Kikuyu ahoi, < a- , plural class prefix denoting people + -hoi (see muhoi n.). Compare muhoi n.Originally a plural, but also used as a singular in English (sometimes with a secondary plural form in -s ). The Kikuyu singular is mũhoi (see muhoi n.).

East African.

A body or class of people who have been given the right to cultivate a plot of land without payment; tenants at will. Also as a count noun: a tenant of this type. Cf. muhoi n. (the usual singular form).

ΚΠ

1932 Jrnl. E. Afr. & Uganda Nat. Hist. Soc. Apr. 62 These ahoi, or permittees, and their descendants might not be evicted, unless for criminal practices.

1977 Ngu˜gi˜ wa Thiong'o Petals of Blood ii. 9 Some of the famous houses had had so much wealth in cows and goats they would get ahois and hangers-on to work for them.

2015 Kwani? 8 339 They form a community of Ahoi with the Lord among them.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	ahoi
释义	ahoin. Brit. /əˈhɔɪ/, U.S. /əˈhɔɪ/, East African English /aˈhoi/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, ahois. Origin: A borrowing from Kikuyu. Etymon: Kikuyu ahoi. Etymology: < Kikuyu ahoi, < a- , plural class prefix denoting people + -hoi (see muhoi n.). Compare muhoi n.Originally a plural, but also used as a singular in English (sometimes with a secondary plural form in -s ). The Kikuyu singular is mũhoi (see muhoi n.). East African. A body or class of people who have been given the right to cultivate a plot of land without payment; tenants at will. Also as a count noun: a tenant of this type. Cf. muhoi n. (the usual singular form). ΚΠ 1932 Jrnl. E. Afr. & Uganda Nat. Hist. Soc. Apr. 62 These ahoi, or permittees, and their descendants might not be evicted, unless for criminal practices. 1977 Ngu˜gi˜ wa Thiong'o Petals of Blood ii. 9 Some of the famous houses had had so much wealth in cows and goats they would get ahois and hangers-on to work for them. 2015 Kwani? 8 339 They form a community of Ahoi with the Lord among them. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1932
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