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单词 loma
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loman.1

/ˈləʊmə/
Forms: Plural lomata /ˈləʊmətə/.
Etymology: modern Latin (Illiger), < late Greek λῶμα hem, fringe.
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

/ˈləʊmə/
Etymology: Spanish, < lomo back, loin, ridge.
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.

Brit. /ˈləʊmə/, U.S. /ˈloʊmə/, West African English /ˈloma/
Forms: Plural unchanged, Lomas.
Etymology: Self-designation.
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.
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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
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.
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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).
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