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单词 lukiiko
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lukiikon.

Brit. /luːˈkiːkəʊ/, U.S. /luˈkikoʊ/, East African English /luˈkiko/
Forms: 1800s– lukiko, 1900s– lukiiko.
Origin: A borrowing from Luganda. Etymon: Luganda (o)lukiiko.
Etymology: < Luganda (o)lukiiko audience-hall, council, levee, parliament < (o)lu-, class prefix + -kiiko < the verbal base of (o)kukiika to attend court or council, to call formally on a leader (although these senses of the verb may be later developments, after the noun).In Buganda, the lukiiko is a traditional institution which took a modern parliamentary form in 1900; the lukiiko of Busoga was instituted (on the Buganda model) with the foundation of the Busoga kingdom from an earlier confederacy in 1906.
The parliament of the kingdom of Buganda in central Uganda, and of the kingdom of Busoga in eastern Uganda. In early use also: an assembly or levee held by the king of Buganda.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in Uganda
lukiiko1884
1884 Anti-slavery Reporter Dec. 243/2 Chiefs and Batongoli and Bakopi in crowds rushed through the gates. The lukiko was crammed.
1955 Ann. Reg. 1954 122 It was suggested..that..the Lukiko should be given the opportunity to decide whether to recall the exiled Kabaka or to elect a new Kabaka, as a constitutional monarch.
1971 Sunday Nation (Nairobi) 11 Apr. 11/4 The Lukiiko..demanded that Obote's government should quit the soil of Buganda.
2019 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 2 Aug. When Walube Senior was bedridden, he asked Mr Izimba to temporarily take charge and represent him in the Busoga Lukiiko (Parliament) that sat in Bugembe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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