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单词 lamba
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lamban.1

/ˈlambə/
Etymology: < Malagasy.
A large traditional Madagascan cloak.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > cloak, mantle, or cape > types of > large
palliumOE
pallionc1300
mantoon1623
boat cloak1773
lamba1880
1729 R. Drury Madagascar 234 The Corps being..wrapped up in a Lamber, or perhaps two Lambers.
1880 J. Sibree Great Afr. Island xvi. 326 The specially national article of dress is the lamba, a piece of cloth about three yards long and two wide.
1895 Daily News 21 Nov. 5/3 The natives in their white lambas.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

Lambaadj.n.2

/ˈlambə/
Forms: Also Ilamba.
Etymology: < Lamba iLamba.
A. adj.
Of or relating to the Lamba, a Bantu people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Zambia, or their language.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > Bantu peoples
Wagogo1840
Swahilian1846
Tumbuka1850
Wanyamwezi1860
Rwanda1864
Nyasa1887
Ngoni1891
Mashona1893
Ganda1894
Ila1907
Meru1908
Chewa1909
Yao1910
Nyanja1923
Lozi1937
Nyamwezi1939
Sukuma1953
Lamba1956
Gogo1969
1893 Gegr. Jrnl. July 68 ‘Iramba’ is the Lamba country. Bun Keya is the name of the old capital.
1904 R. H. Nassau Fetichism in W. Afr. xiii. 203 One man said it was not possible for a Luba and a Lamba man to go out into the country together without one stealing a march on his neighbor.
1908 A. C. Madan Lala-Lamba Handbk. p. iii The Lala and Lamba dialects are so nearly identical..that knowledge of either is a sufficient introduction to the other.
1956 W. V. Brelsford Tribes N. Rhodesia vi. 46 Lamba area as a whole, because of its proximity to the copperbelt, is the most mixed area in the territory.
1957 W. M. Hailey Afr. Surv. (rev. ed.) iii. 113 Studies made..of the Zulu, Shona, and Lamba languages.
B. n.2
a. The language of the Lamba people.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > Bantu languages
Kaffir1820
Swahilese1833
Sesotho1846
Chagga1849
Kikuyu1849
Mitshi1854
Manganja1859
Bantu1866
Kavirondo1870
Luganda1876
Sotho1876
Fan1883
Gogo1883
Lunda1883
Nyamwezi1883
Kioko1884
Barotse1888
Ganda1891
Tumbuka1891
Chichewa1897
Bemba1902
Nyanja1902
Rwanda1902
Lingala1903
Sepedi1905
Ila1907
Lamba1907
Chewa1908
Venda1908
Ngoni1911
Munchi1913
Meru1921
Yao1924
Lozi1937
Nguni1939
Ndembu1945
Mwera1947
Sango1948
Ovambo1953
Sukuma1969
Tiv1976
1907 E. W. Smith Handbk. Ila Lang. ii. 300 There is a large number of languages which contain the name Leza... Thus: Lesa in Lamba, Sodi, Luba, Bemba, Bisa; while Luba (Congo), Subia, Tonga, and Ila have Leza.
1919 H. H. Johnston Compar. Study Bantu & Semi-Bantu Lang. I. iii. 207 Lala-Lamba is spoken..east and north of the Kafue watershed.
1937 I. Schapera Bantu-speaking Tribes S. Afr. xiv. 314 In Lamba (Central Bantu) the word is umusi.
1948 M. Guthrie Classif. Bantu Lang. 78 Nlamba, iki—(Ilamba).
1949 E. A. Nida Morphol. (ed. 2) ii. 51 Ilamba, a language of Tanganyika.
1956 J. Lotz in S. Saporta & J. R. Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 9/2 In certain languages the whole sentence is constructed in a single syntactic key..as in Ilamba of Northern Rhodesia.
b. A member of the Lamba people. Chiefly as plural, regarded collectively.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > Bantu peoples
Swahili1814
Chagga1823
Mashona1835
Wagogo1840
Wachagga1849
Tumbuka1850
Sukuma1860
Wanyamwezi1860
Babemba1867
Kavirondo1870
Nyamwezi1885
Bemba1887
Chewa1887
Shangaan1887
Rwanda1889
Awemba1890
Yao1894
Ngoni1899
Nyanja1899
Kisii1905
Ganda1906
Meru1908
Lamba1909
Hutu1922
Lozi1935
Ila1956
Gogo1957
1909 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 8 332 The three tribes living in the district..are the Lala, the Lamba, and the Wambo-Senga.
1931 C. M. Doke (title) The Lambas of Northern Rhodesia. A study of their customs and beliefs.
1950 A. R. Radcliffe-Brown & C. D. Forde Afr. Syst. Kinship & Marriage 221 The Lamba on the Kafue river seem to have a very similar family system.
1957 V. W. Turner Schism & Continuity in Afr. Society viii. 255 Among the Lamba of the Ndola District of Northern Rhodesia..traceable cross-cousin marriages formed an extremely low proportion of the total marriages recorded.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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