Kikongon.adj.

Brit.

/kɪˈkɒŋɡəʊ/, U.S.

/kiˈkɑŋɡoʊ/

Forms: 1800s– Ki-Congo, 1800s– Ki-Kongo, 1800s– Kikongo, 1900s– Kicongo, 1900s– Kikoongo.

Origin: A borrowing from Kongo. Etymon: Kongo kikôngo.

Etymology: < Kongo kikôngo, denoting any of a group of closely-related languages, and the group itself < ki- , class prefix denoting a language + -kôngo Kongo n. Compare earlier Kongo n. 2, Congolese n. 2, and Congoese n. 2.Compare also Kongo kisikôngo , denoting one of these languages (incorporating the element -isi- earth, land: see discussion at Kongo adj.).

A. n.

A group of Bantu languages and dialects spoken by the Kongo; any of these languages or dialects; = Kongo n. 2.Kikongo may be variously used to refer to a whole group of closely related languages or dialects, a subset of these, or a single one of them.

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Kongo1837

Kikongo1882

1882 T. J. Comber Let. 28 Oct. in Missionary Herald (Baptist Missionary Soc.) (1883) Mar. 80/2 I could not make myself understood by speaking Kikongo.

1890 H. Ward Five Years with Congo Cannibals v. 52 They call this people the Avumbi, from ‘vumbi’, the Kikongo for ‘corpse’.

1951 tr. Traveller's Guide to Belgian Congo & Ruanda-Urundi ii. 60 Kikongo or Fiote, spoken in Bas-Congo, part of Kwango and even in Angola and French West Africa.

1988 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 33 157 Pidginized Kikongo, the language that has come to be known as Kituba or vehicular Kikongo.

2015 Jrnl. Adolescent & Adult Literacy 58 645/1 Prudence grew up speaking Kikongo and Lingala, two Bantu languages spoken in Congo.

B. adj.

Designating a language or dialect, or a group of languages or dialects, spoken by the Kongo; of or relating to these languages or dialects.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [adjective]

Negrish1735

Temne1791

Nupe1841

Efik1849

Kikongo1885

Dagbani1917

Ngbandi1931

Zande1938

Voltaic1949

Mandinka1953

Ngbaka1955

Edo1957

Loma1957

Mandekan1968

Manding1969

Malinke1970

Mende1972

1885 H. M. Stanley Congo I. ix. 142 My clever interpreter, for at this period I knew not the Ki-Kongo dialect, put the above in perhaps still more forcible language.

1890 H. Ward Five Years with Congo Cannibals iii. 32 By hard study I had become proficient in the Kikongo language.

1960 Amer. Anthropologist 62 1093 The author relies heavily on Kikongo texts, deliberately letting the data—or the Bakongo—speak for themselves.

2017 C. Coquet-Mokoko tr. A. Mokoko Gampiot Kimbanguism (e-book ed.) viii The ruins of the former cathedral of Mbanza Kongo, which is also known as Kulumbimbi, from the Kikongo words nkulu (elder or lord) and mbi (evil).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kikongo
释义	Kikongon.adj. Brit. /kɪˈkɒŋɡəʊ/, U.S. /kiˈkɑŋɡoʊ/ Forms: 1800s– Ki-Congo, 1800s– Ki-Kongo, 1800s– Kikongo, 1900s– Kicongo, 1900s– Kikoongo. Origin: A borrowing from Kongo. Etymon: Kongo kikôngo. Etymology: < Kongo kikôngo, denoting any of a group of closely-related languages, and the group itself < ki- , class prefix denoting a language + -kôngo Kongo n. Compare earlier Kongo n. 2, Congolese n. 2, and Congoese n. 2.Compare also Kongo kisikôngo , denoting one of these languages (incorporating the element -isi- earth, land: see discussion at Kongo adj.). A. n. A group of Bantu languages and dialects spoken by the Kongo; any of these languages or dialects; = Kongo n. 2.Kikongo may be variously used to refer to a whole group of closely related languages or dialects, a subset of these, or a single one of them. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > Bantu languages > Kongo Kongo1837 Kikongo1882 1882 T. J. Comber Let. 28 Oct. in Missionary Herald (Baptist Missionary Soc.) (1883) Mar. 80/2 I could not make myself understood by speaking Kikongo. 1890 H. Ward Five Years with Congo Cannibals v. 52 They call this people the Avumbi, from ‘vumbi’, the Kikongo for ‘corpse’. 1951 tr. Traveller's Guide to Belgian Congo & Ruanda-Urundi ii. 60 Kikongo or Fiote, spoken in Bas-Congo, part of Kwango and even in Angola and French West Africa. 1988 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 33 157 Pidginized Kikongo, the language that has come to be known as Kituba or vehicular Kikongo. 2015 Jrnl. Adolescent & Adult Literacy 58 645/1 Prudence grew up speaking Kikongo and Lingala, two Bantu languages spoken in Congo. B. adj. Designating a language or dialect, or a group of languages or dialects, spoken by the Kongo; of or relating to these languages or dialects. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [adjective] Negrish1735 Temne1791 Nupe1841 Efik1849 Kikongo1885 Dagbani1917 Ngbandi1931 Zande1938 Voltaic1949 Mandinka1953 Ngbaka1955 Edo1957 Loma1957 Mandekan1968 Manding1969 Malinke1970 Mende1972 1885 H. M. Stanley Congo I. ix. 142 My clever interpreter, for at this period I knew not the Ki-Kongo dialect, put the above in perhaps still more forcible language. 1890 H. Ward Five Years with Congo Cannibals iii. 32 By hard study I had become proficient in the Kikongo language. 1960 Amer. Anthropologist 62 1093 The author relies heavily on Kikongo texts, deliberately letting the data—or the Bakongo—speak for themselves. 2017 C. Coquet-Mokoko tr. A. Mokoko Gampiot Kimbanguism (e-book ed.) viii The ruins of the former cathedral of Mbanza Kongo, which is also known as Kulumbimbi, from the Kikongo words nkulu (elder or lord) and mbi (evil). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1882
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