单词 | lobedu |
释义 | Lobedun.adj. South African. A. n. 1. A member of a Northern Sotho people, living mainly in Limpopo province (formerly the northern Transvaal) in South Africa. Cf. Modjadji n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [noun] > Bantu peoples Xhosa1801 amaXhosa1809 Matabele1823 Amapondo1824 amaZulu1829 Bapedi1835 Basotho1835 knobnose1848 Ovambo1853 Sotho1883 Tonga1891 Ronga1899 Venda1901 Pedi1912 Mopedi1928 Ndebele1930 Lobedu1933 Tsonga1937 Pondo1950 Nguni1957 1933 J. Juta Look Out for Ostriches 97 Her Tribe, known as the Lovedu, is said to be an offshoot of the great migration of the Bantu race. 1943 E. J. Krige & J. D. Krige Realm of Rain-Queen (1965) xiv. 263 The Lovedu maintain..that witches injure mainly those with whom they are in close contact—that is, relatives and neighbours—and that it is difficult to bewitch a stranger. 1976 M. E. West & J. Morris Abantu 133 The Lobedu are not entirely typical of the North Sotho—in some ways they stand mid-way between the Sotho and the Venda. They are also unique in Southern Africa in that they are ruled by a queen. 1998 Jrnl. Compar. Family Stud. 29 1 Among the Gusii, Lovedu, and Simbiti this recognition is reflected in a form of woman-to-woman marriage whereby the female husband marries a ‘daughter-in-law’. 2. The south-eastern Bantu language of the Lobedu, belonging to the Northern Sotho group, and now largely regarded as a dialect of Sepedi. ΚΠ 1956 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 18 202 The author..has omitted the consideration of the peripheral languages such as Kxhalaxari, Luβedu, Nreβele. 1977 C. F. Voegelin & F. M. Voegelin Classif. & Index World's Langs. 70 Lobedu = (khi-)Lubedu = Lovedu, including Phalaburwa. 1998 S. Afr. Jrnl. Afr. Langs. 1 No. 19 (title) Notes on perfective formation in Lobedu. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the Lobedu or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [adjective] > Bantu peoples Xhosa1812 Morolong1822 amaXhosa1824 Zulu1824 Sotho1827 amaZulu1828 Amapondo1830 African1832 Matabele1835 knob-nosed1838 Manganja1859 Pondo1872 Bapedi1878 Ovambo1897 Tsonga1907 Venda1913 Pedi1922 Nguni1929 Lobedu1937 Mosotho1955 the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [adjective] > of or relating to Bantu languages Kaffir1588 Kongo1597 Xhosa1812 Amapondo1830 Zulu1839 Sesotho1844 Swahilian1846 Kikuyu1850 Bantu1858 Fan1861 Amandebele1872 Nyamwezi1872 Wagogo1878 Lunda1879 Luganda1882 Sotho1883 Gogo1891 Tonga1891 Chichewa1897 Ronga1897 Bemba1904 Ila1907 Tsonga1907 Meru1908 Chewa1909 Venda1913 Lingala1922 Luba1922 Pedi1922 Nyanja1923 Nguni1929 Ndebele1930 Lobedu1937 Tiv1939 Mongo1961 Siswati1964 1937 E. J. Krige in I. Schapera Bantu-speaking Tribes S. Afr. v. 116 A Lobedu wife never returns empty-handed after a visit to her former home. 1943 Geogr. Jrnl. 102 139 Lovedu words have been written in the script of the International Institute. 1955 T. V. Bulpin Storm over Tvl 85 Mujaji, the renowned Rain Queen who lived with the loBedu people thirty miles north-east of Wolkberg. 2003 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Nov. 8 Modjadji..belongs to the Lobedu tribe, connected to the Karanga of Zimbabwe. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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