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单词 ingubu
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ingubun.

Brit. /ɪŋˈɡuːbuː/, U.S. /ɪŋˈɡubu/, South African English /ɪŋˈɡʊbʊ/
Forms: Also 1800s ingoobu, ingouboo, ingubo.
Etymology: Nguni; compare Fanagalo ngubo, Bantu-Botatwe ingubo, blanket, clothes.
South African.
Among the Zulu inhabitants of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal province): clothing.
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small clothes1625
small storesa1643
nugging-dress1699
kilting1721
fancy dress1770
under-habit1772
man-millinery1790
sheen1802
costume1818
ingubu1833
bedizenment1837
tat1839
extravaganza1860
rational dress1873
rubber1876
pearly1890
new look1920
collection1921
Daks1933
smart casual1943
separates1945
trapeze1958
Carnaby Street1965
haute boutique1966
kinderwhore1994
1833 S. Kay Trav. Caffraria i. 37 He maintained that every thing around him, mountains, rivers, grass, cattle, and even his ingubu, ‘beast-skin garment’, proved the truth of what had been said respecting the being of a God.
1837 F. Owen Diary (1926) 25 They [sc. the natives] asked in exchange for their fowls, Indian corn and pumpkins, either handkerchiefs, blankets or ‘ingubo’ i.e. a mantle or carosse.
1837 F. Owen Diary (1926) 77 He..abruptly asked me what was the use of giving all that ingoobu to the children, alluding to the Kilts of Dingareen with which I have clothed the boys.
1860 W. Shaw My Mission in S.E. Afr. 406 A Kaffir wears this ingubu, or ‘kaross’, with the hairy side next to his skin, throwing it over his shoulders, from whence it hangs down to his ancles.
1899 G. Russell Hist. Old Durban ix. 187 Cast-off articles of European attire, known to the Natives as ‘Ingouboos’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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