kikoin.

Brit.

/kᵻˈkɔɪ/, U.S.

/kiˈkɔɪ/,

/kəˈkɔɪ/, East African English

/kiˈkoi/

Inflections: Plural kikois, unchanged.

Forms: 1800s– kikoi, 1800s– kikoy, 1900s– kikoye.

Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili kikoi.

Etymology: < Swahili kikoi (plural vikoi), of unknown origin.

East African.

A long piece of woven cloth with a fringed edge, typically printed with stripes or other geometric patterns in bright colours, and usually worn draped around the waist or used as a shawl or wrap. Also: the material from which this is made.

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kikoi1860

taovala1947

1860 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. II. App. I. 396 The coloured cloths may be divided into three kinds,—woollens, cottons, and silks mixed with cotton... The principal varieties now imported..of the second..are Barsati,..Kikoi, and Shazar.

1942 E. Afr. Ann. 1941–2 27/1 His loin-cloth, ‘kikoi’, was edged with stripes of red, black and yellow, and showed below his shirt.

1971 Daily Nation (Nairobi) 10 Apr. 5/1 (advt.) Kikoy Shirts and Dresses.

2012 Nation (Nairobi) (Nexis) 18 Feb. Xtash spread the old kikoi she had under the shade of the mango tree and we sat there to enjoy the moment.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	kikoi
释义	kikoin. Brit. /kᵻˈkɔɪ/, U.S. /kiˈkɔɪ/, /kəˈkɔɪ/, East African English /kiˈkoi/ Inflections: Plural kikois, unchanged. Forms: 1800s– kikoi, 1800s– kikoy, 1900s– kikoye. Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili kikoi. Etymology: < Swahili kikoi (plural vikoi), of unknown origin. East African. A long piece of woven cloth with a fringed edge, typically printed with stripes or other geometric patterns in bright colours, and usually worn draped around the waist or used as a shawl or wrap. Also: the material from which this is made. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > clothing for lower body > for waist kikoi1860 taovala1947 1860 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. II. App. I. 396 The coloured cloths may be divided into three kinds,—woollens, cottons, and silks mixed with cotton... The principal varieties now imported..of the second..are Barsati,..Kikoi, and Shazar. 1942 E. Afr. Ann. 1941–2 27/1 His loin-cloth, ‘kikoi’, was edged with stripes of red, black and yellow, and showed below his shirt. 1971 Daily Nation (Nairobi) 10 Apr. 5/1 (advt.) Kikoy Shirts and Dresses. 2012 Nation (Nairobi) (Nexis) 18 Feb. Xtash spread the old kikoi she had under the shade of the mango tree and we sat there to enjoy the moment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1860
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