amakhosin.

Brit.

/aməˈkɒsi/, U.S.

/ˌæməˈkɔsi/,

/ˌæməˈkɑsi/, South African English

/ʌməˈkɒsi/

Forms: 1800s– amakosi, 1900s– amakhosi.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Xhosa. Partly a borrowing from Zulu. Etymons: Xhosa amakhosi, Zulu amakhosi.

Etymology: < (i) Xhosa amakhosi, and (ii) the related Zulu amakhosi < ama- , plural class prefix + -khosi king, chief, ancestral spirit, supernatural being, also used as a title of respect for high-ranking persons (singular inkosi : see inkosi n.).

South African.

With plural agreement. In traditional Nguni societies: tribal leaders or chiefs, regarded collectively. Cf. inkosi n.

ΚΠ

1857 Missionary Herald (Boston) Nov. 356/2 So respectable have the men of one wife become, that without a scruple they are called amakosi (chiefs).

1879 G. M. Rudolph in Further Corr. Affairs S. Afr. 149 in Parl. Papers (C. 2367) LIV. 1 That Uhamo hoped that I would make known to the Great Amakosi what he had said, as his chief desire is a speedy termination of the war.

1927 Wide World Mag. Aug. 272/2 Who shall advise the friends of the Amakosi?

1994 F. Mdlalose in Natal (Pietermaritzburg, S. Afr.) Witness 23 Dec. 1 Nothing could be more insulting to the autonomy of the province, and to the integrity and dignity of the kingdom of KwaZulu, than the notion of putting amakhosi of our kingdom on the payroll of the central government.

2000 Business Day (S. Afr.) 27 Jan. i. 13/2 The amakhosi are unhappy that the advent of democratic local government in areas they have traditionally run means the end of their power.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amakhosi
释义	amakhosin. Brit. /aməˈkɒsi/, U.S. /ˌæməˈkɔsi/, /ˌæməˈkɑsi/, South African English /ʌməˈkɒsi/ Forms: 1800s– amakosi, 1900s– amakhosi. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Xhosa. Partly a borrowing from Zulu. Etymons: Xhosa amakhosi, Zulu amakhosi. Etymology: < (i) Xhosa amakhosi, and (ii) the related Zulu amakhosi < ama- , plural class prefix + -khosi king, chief, ancestral spirit, supernatural being, also used as a title of respect for high-ranking persons (singular inkosi : see inkosi n.). South African. With plural agreement. In traditional Nguni societies: tribal leaders or chiefs, regarded collectively. Cf. inkosi n. ΚΠ 1857 Missionary Herald (Boston) Nov. 356/2 So respectable have the men of one wife become, that without a scruple they are called amakosi (chiefs). 1879 G. M. Rudolph in Further Corr. Affairs S. Afr. 149 in Parl. Papers (C. 2367) LIV. 1 That Uhamo hoped that I would make known to the Great Amakosi what he had said, as his chief desire is a speedy termination of the war. 1927 Wide World Mag. Aug. 272/2 Who shall advise the friends of the Amakosi? 1994 F. Mdlalose in Natal (Pietermaritzburg, S. Afr.) Witness 23 Dec. 1 Nothing could be more insulting to the autonomy of the province, and to the integrity and dignity of the kingdom of KwaZulu, than the notion of putting amakhosi of our kingdom on the payroll of the central government. 2000 Business Day (S. Afr.) 27 Jan. i. 13/2 The amakhosi are unhappy that the advent of democratic local government in areas they have traditionally run means the end of their power. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1857
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