Danakiln.adj.

/ˈdanəkɪl/

/dəˈnɑːkɪl/

Forms: Also Dankali /dæŋˈkɑːlɪ/.

Etymology: Cushitic.

A. n.

a. A member of a widely spread Hamitic people of north-eastern Ethiopia.

ΘΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Ethiopia > [noun]

Falasha1710

Saho1790

Sidamo1830

Tigrean1842

Danakil1875

1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 61/1 Abyssinia..may be regarded as..having..E., the territory of the Danakils.

1934 L. M. Nesbitt Desert & Forest 11 The territory inhabited by the Danakils is divided into two parts by the frontier separating Abyssinia from Eritrea.

1936 G. B. Shaw Simpleton Pref. 4 The Abyssinian Danakil kills a stranger at sight.

1961 D. Bates Fly-switch from Sultan xviii. 102 Some splendid savages called the Danakil, who hovered around us eyeing our private parts with a predatory eye and a sharp knife.

1969 Times 16 Sept. (Somali Republic Suppl.) p. ii/6 Nearly half the population of the territory are Somalis of the Issa ethnic division who overflow into the Somali Republic and into Ethiopia, and the other half are Muslim Dankalis (or Afars) who also spread into Ethiopia.

b. The language of this people.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [noun] > Cushitic > Cushitic languages

Agaw1808

Bejaa1817

Sidamo1830

Galla1848

Saho1849

Somali1850

Cushitic1854

Afar1869

Danakil1885

1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 778/2 The third or Ethiopic division [of the Hamitic Family] includes as its chief members the Beja or Bíshárín, the Saho, the Dankali..the first two lying along the Red Sea north of Semitic Abyssinia, the others south of it, to the equator.

B. adj.

Of or pertaining to this people, their language, or the areas they inhabit.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Ethiopia > [adjective]

Saho1831

Danakil1902

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 703/2 The native population [of French Somaliland] is either of the Danakil or of the Galla race.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 85/2 The Danakil lowlands have a hot, dry climate producing semi-desert conditions.

1937 G. B. Shaw Platform & Pulpit (1962) 283 In Abyssinia a Danakil woman will not marry a man until he proves that he has at least four homicides to his credit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	danakil
释义	Danakiln.adj. /ˈdanəkɪl//dəˈnɑːkɪl/ Forms: Also Dankali /dæŋˈkɑːlɪ/. Etymology: Cushitic. A. n. a. A member of a widely spread Hamitic people of north-eastern Ethiopia. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Ethiopia > [noun] Falasha1710 Saho1790 Sidamo1830 Tigrean1842 Danakil1875 1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 61/1 Abyssinia..may be regarded as..having..E., the territory of the Danakils. 1934 L. M. Nesbitt Desert & Forest 11 The territory inhabited by the Danakils is divided into two parts by the frontier separating Abyssinia from Eritrea. 1936 G. B. Shaw Simpleton Pref. 4 The Abyssinian Danakil kills a stranger at sight. 1961 D. Bates Fly-switch from Sultan xviii. 102 Some splendid savages called the Danakil, who hovered around us eyeing our private parts with a predatory eye and a sharp knife. 1969 Times 16 Sept. (Somali Republic Suppl.) p. ii/6 Nearly half the population of the territory are Somalis of the Issa ethnic division who overflow into the Somali Republic and into Ethiopia, and the other half are Muslim Dankalis (or Afars) who also spread into Ethiopia. b. The language of this people. ΘΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [noun] > Cushitic > Cushitic languages Agaw1808 Bejaa1817 Sidamo1830 Galla1848 Saho1849 Somali1850 Cushitic1854 Afar1869 Danakil1885 1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 778/2 The third or Ethiopic division [of the Hamitic Family] includes as its chief members the Beja or Bíshárín, the Saho, the Dankali..the first two lying along the Red Sea north of Semitic Abyssinia, the others south of it, to the equator. B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people, their language, or the areas they inhabit. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Ethiopia > [adjective] Saho1831 Danakil1902 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 703/2 The native population [of French Somaliland] is either of the Danakil or of the Galla race. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 85/2 The Danakil lowlands have a hot, dry climate producing semi-desert conditions. 1937 G. B. Shaw Platform & Pulpit (1962) 283 In Abyssinia a Danakil woman will not marry a man until he proves that he has at least four homicides to his credit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.adj.1875
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