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单词 lozi
释义

Lozin.adj.

Brit. /ˈləʊzi/, U.S. /ˈloʊzi/
Inflections: Plural Lozis, unchanged.
Forms:

α. 1900s– Lotse, 1900s– Lozi.

β. 1900s– Rotse, 1900s– Rozi.

Origin: A borrowing from Lozi. Etymon: Lozi -lozi.
Etymology: < Lozi -lozi, self-designation (in Malozi, denoting the people (singular Mulozi), and Silozi, denoting the language).An earlier form of the Lozi self-designation was borrowed into English as Barotse (also Barotze, Balotse), but this is no longer used. Compare:1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. xii. 215 The Barotse are strongly attached to this fertile valley. This form is also reflected in the former English name Barotseland for the territory of the Lozi (Lozi Bulozi).
A. n.
1. A member of a Bantu-speaking people mainly inhabiting western Zambia.
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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
1935 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 65 242 ‘Mixed Tribes’ consist of Lozi, Nkoya, and other portions of tribes whose main populations are in neighbouring territories.
1972 M. Mainga in T. O. Ranger & I. N. Kimambo Hist. Stud. Afr. Relig. 95 The Lozi occupy the Western Province, formerly Barotse Province, in the south-west corner of Zambia, adjoining south-east Angola.
2019 Zambian Eye (Nexis) 9 Feb. The only thing the Lozis want is a message of hope.
2. The Bantu language of the Lozi.
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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
1937 A. Jalla Elem. Gram. Lozi Lang. 11 In Lozi number is indicated by the prefixes, whether they are singular or plural.
1949 M. Gluckman in M. Fortes Social Struct. 146 I worked through Lozi, a lingua franca which most Wiko men..speak and understand.
2020 @NSyaminwe 10 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 26 Feb. 2020) I heard two people gossiping about my legs in Lozi..I just looked at them, laughed and told them in Lozi that I heard everything they said.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or belonging to the Lozi 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
1937 A. Jalla Elem. Gram. Lozi Lang. 70 Translate the Lozi sentences into English.
1972 Times 18 Sept. 12/4 President Kaunda of Zambia has had to face..a Lozi challenge.
2015 Times of Zambia (Nexis) 18 Nov. The Lozi ruler said the Agency should ensure that works on roads such as the Katunda-Lukulu were done.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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n.adj.1935
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