单词 | loma |
释义 | loman.1 Ornithology. A lobe or fringe bordering the toe of a bird. ΚΠ 1874 in S. F. Baird et al. N. Amer. Birds III. 547 Gloss. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2019). loman.2 U.S. (chiefly S.-Western). A broad-topped hill or ridge. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [noun] > round or conical lowOE lawa1400 sugar-loafa1691 kettle-bottom1746 loma1849 morne1889 pepino1899 hum1921 1849 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 4 May 2/3 [They] were riding quietly along the Loma Blanca, (white hill,) when they came suddenly upon a party of eight or ten Indians. 1863 Executive Documents U.S. Senate (37th Congress, Special Sess.) No. 1. 20 The new road is to follow the bottom at the edge of the lomas. 1923 C. F. Saunders Southern Sierras Calif. 75 All about are rounded hills, or lomas, rising in baldness. 1941 Harper's Mag. Oct. 498/1 Stand on the ‘knoll’ at Yucca Loma, drink in the desert, and then look down at your feet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018). Loman.3adj. A. n.3 The name of a people inhabiting the border regions of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and the Republic of Guinea, and of their language. ΘΚΠ 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 the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Mande > Mande languages Susu1786 Soninke1869 Mende1908 Soninke1911 Loma1964 1964 E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Translating ix. 198 In a language such as Loma, spoken in Liberia, it is impossible to duplicate these sequences. 1969 Liberian Stud. Jrnl. 1 25 The Kpelle, Loma, Bandi and Mende are included in the Southwestern Mande group. B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Loma or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of West Africa > [adjective] Akani1686 Ashantian1705 Igbo1732 Mandingo1744 Nago1775 Temne1791 Wolof1828 Nupe1829 Kru1835 Gola1843 Mpongwe1844 Efik1849 Yoruban1853 Mossi1854 Fulbe1857 Ewe1861 Fan1861 Ibibio1862 Akan1863 Fon1864 Soninke1870 Mende1872 Ijo1883 Mande1883 Yoruba1883 Mitshi1892 Benin1893 Munchi1908 Yakö1926 Tallensi1936 Tiv1939 Limba1954 Kissi1957 Loma1957 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 1957 Encycl. Brit. XX. 624/1 Above the plateau surface rise many mountain ranges, the highest of which are the Loma mountains. 1969 Liberian Stud. Jrnl. 1 37 The people of eastern Lukasu and Yawiyasu have several linguistic similarities to the Loma people. 1970 D. Dalby Lang. & Hist. Afr. 112 The Loma syllabary (with a total of at least 185 characters) was devised in the 1930's..reputedly inspired by a dream. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11874n.21849n.3adj.1957 |
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