/ˈɡəʊnuː/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊˌnu/, 1900s– Ko-No. Also with lower-case initial.Konon.1
/ˈkəʊnəʊ/, U.S. /ˈkoʊˌnoʊ//ˈɡəʊnuː/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊˌnu/, 1900s– Ko-No. Also with lower-case initial. Any of a group of traditional Korean games of strategy played using marbles or other pieces which are placed and moved on rows of small holes or lines on the ground or on a board. In Four Field Kono, the object is to capture all of one's opponent's pieces. In Five Field Kono, the goal is to move all of one's pieces into the starting locations of the other player's pieces.
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crokinole1885
Kono1895
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1895 S. Culin Korean Games 100 The games played on diagrams, like our game of Merrells, receive the name of Ko-no in Korea.
1960 R. C. Bell Board & Table Games iii. 98 Five Field Kono... The object of the game is to move the pieces across to the other side of the board to occupy the places vacated by the opponent, and the first player to do so wins the game.
1996 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 6 Jan. (Final ed.) k3 A game Kaitlin and I found worth trying is Four Field Kono.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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/ˈkəʊnəʊ/, U.S. /ˈkoʊnoʊ/, West African English /ˈkono/ a. A Mandingo-speaking people of Sierra Leone; a member of this people.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of West Africa > [noun]
Fulbe1623
Mandingo1623
Akani1662
Gola1670
Ashanti1705
Beninese1705
Wolof1745
Igbo1757
Susu1786
Temne1791
Mossi1819
Ibibio1822
Koranko1825
Vaia1832
Sherbro1836
Yoruba1843
Akan1849
Songhai1851
Yoruban1853
Mitshi1854
Ijo1856
Igbirra1863
Soninke1869
Efik1876
Kanuri1876
Fante1879
Malinke1883
Mande1883
Kissi1884
Nupe1885
Mende1887
Ho1890
Benin1897
Limba1902
Munchi1905
Kono1909
Senufo1911
Tallensi1920
Yakö1926
Mandinka1957
Tiv1960
Togolese1962
Loma1964
1909 R. H. K. Willans in Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 8 130 The Konnohs at the present day have degenerated into an almost insignificant tribe.
1925 T. N. Goddard Handbk. Sierra Leone 55 The Konnos and Korankos are closely connected with the Mandingos.
1951 K. L. Little Mende of Sierra Leone vii. 147 The Mende tend to look down on certain peoples, such as the Kono.
1964 C. Fyfe Sierra Leone Inheritance 250 During the march to Weeima we were attacked on all sides by the Konnos and several of our people were wounded.
b. The language of the Kono people, having affinities with Vai.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Mande > Vai-Kono
Vaia1832
Kono1909
1909 R. H. K. Willans in Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 8 145 Soa..in Mendi and Konnoh means three.
1916 N. W. Thomas Anthropol. Rep. on Sierra Leone Introd. Kono, Susu and Kisi were recorded from informants with a very moderate knowledge of English.
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1909 R. H. K. Willans in Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 8 130 The history of the Konnoh people is of great interest.
1925 H. C. Luke Bibliogr. Sierra Leone (ed. 2) 148 Kono Hymns.
1926 F. W. Butt-Thompson Sierra Leone vi. 44 The present border of the Kono lands.
1951 K. L. Little Mende of Sierra Leone iii. 70 The Kono men, who are mostly labourers in the town, wear European shorts and shirt outside the trousers.
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