mabelan.

Brit.

/məˈbɛlə/,

/məˈbeɪlə/, U.S.

/məˈbɛlə/,

/məˈbeɪlə/, South African English

/məˈbelə/,

/məˈbeɪlə/

Forms: 1800s– mabbele, 1900s– mabela, 1900s– mabele.

Origin: A borrowing from Bantu.

Etymology: < a form in a Bantu language; compare Xhosa amabele, Zulu amabele, Tswana mabele (all plural).The form amabele is found in 19th-cent. English sources.

South African.

Sorghum as grown in southern Africa, esp. for making beer; the meal or porridge made from this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > millet > Indian millet > Indian millet plant or panicle

millc1450

millet1548

Saracen's corn1585

sorghum1597

Guinea corn1697

whisk1757

broom-straw1785

kaffir corn1785

jowari1800

jowar1801

chicken corna1817

broom corn1819

mabela1824

cholum1858

Texas millet1858

dura1882

pearl millet1887

kaoliang1904

proso1907

milo1920

1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. xviii. 586 The plant resembles... Maize or Indian corn... The Bichuanas call it mábbĕlĕ..and are fond of chewing the stalk.

1912 W. Westrup Land of Tomorrow 91 I haven't got much ‘Mabele’ because we are a bit near the mountains... It grows better in the lowlands. Kaffir-corn you know. They use it for making the best beer.

1939 A. W. Wells S. Afr. xx. 228 (caption) Natives in a valley of mealies and mabela corn near the Caledon River.

1946 Cape Argus 14 Dec. (Mag.) 4/5 He..set before him on a stool a bowl of mabela, a flat scone toasted on the coals and a calabash bowl of milk.

1981 B. Head Serowe p. xxii People continued to brew mabele beer in secret, so Khama was forced to send regiments into the village to arrest offenders.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mabela
释义	mabelan. Brit. /məˈbɛlə/, /məˈbeɪlə/, U.S. /məˈbɛlə/, /məˈbeɪlə/, South African English /məˈbelə/, /məˈbeɪlə/ Forms: 1800s– mabbele, 1900s– mabela, 1900s– mabele. Origin: A borrowing from Bantu. Etymology: < a form in a Bantu language; compare Xhosa amabele, Zulu amabele, Tswana mabele (all plural).The form amabele is found in 19th-cent. English sources. South African. Sorghum as grown in southern Africa, esp. for making beer; the meal or porridge made from this. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > millet > Indian millet > Indian millet plant or panicle millc1450 millet1548 Saracen's corn1585 sorghum1597 Guinea corn1697 whisk1757 broom-straw1785 kaffir corn1785 jowari1800 jowar1801 chicken corna1817 broom corn1819 mabela1824 cholum1858 Texas millet1858 dura1882 pearl millet1887 kaoliang1904 proso1907 milo1920 1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. xviii. 586 The plant resembles... Maize or Indian corn... The Bichuanas call it mábbĕlĕ..and are fond of chewing the stalk. 1912 W. Westrup Land of Tomorrow 91 I haven't got much ‘Mabele’ because we are a bit near the mountains... It grows better in the lowlands. Kaffir-corn you know. They use it for making the best beer. 1939 A. W. Wells S. Afr. xx. 228 (caption) Natives in a valley of mealies and mabela corn near the Caledon River. 1946 Cape Argus 14 Dec. (Mag.) 4/5 He..set before him on a stool a bowl of mabela, a flat scone toasted on the coals and a calabash bowl of milk. 1981 B. Head Serowe p. xxii People continued to brew mabele beer in secret, so Khama was forced to send regiments into the village to arrest offenders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1824
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