Awemban.adj.

Brit.

/əˈwɛmbə/, U.S.

/əˈwɛmbə/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: 1800s Awamba, 1900s A-Wemba, 1800s– Awemba, 1900s– aBemba Brit.

/əˈbɛmbə/, U.S.

/əˈbɛmbə/, 1900s– aWemba.

Origin: A borrowing from Bemba. Etymons: Bemba babemba, ababemba.

Etymology: < Bemba babemba or ababemba the Bemba people (see Babemba n.), reflecting either a mishearing by Europeans (see note), or transmission via another Bantu language in which the corresponding class prefix takes a different form (e.g. Chewa a- ). With use as noun compare earlier Babemba n. and Bemba n. With use as adjective compare earlier Bemba adj.In Bemba, b (except after m) represents a voiced bilabial fricative /β/, which is often perceived as /w/ or not heard at all by speakers of English.

A. n.

A member of a Bantu-speaking people inhabiting the north-eastern part of Zambia and the neighbouring areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire); = Bemba n. 1.Not in regular use after the early 20th century; later examples are restricted to historical contexts.

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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

1890 H. M. Stanley In Darkest Afr. II. xxviii. 239 The Awamba..understood the art of drying bananas.

1915 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 15 157 Intermarriage, among the Awemba, is prohibited (or at least strongly discountenanced) with members of the following tribes.

2010 Soc. Malawi Jrnl. 63 54 A draft of 52 Askari arrived, 29 of them being Awemba.

B. adj.

Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the Bemba people; designating this people; = Bemba adj. 1.

1896 Geogr. Jrnl. 7 204 The Awemba country is divided between three principal chiefs.

1896 Glasgow Herald 15 Oct. 7/4 Nor is there any truth in the rumours that Awemba raids have taken place into German East Africa.

1906 Chron. London Missionary Soc. May 116/1 Permission being given by the Board for the printing of St. Mark's Gospel and the Sermon on the Mount in Chibemba, the language of the Awemba people.

2010 Internat. Jrnl. Hist. Archaeology 14 627 Sheane..observed the burial practices of the Awemba tribe of Zambia.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	awemba
释义	Awemban.adj. Brit. /əˈwɛmbə/, U.S. /əˈwɛmbə/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: 1800s Awamba, 1900s A-Wemba, 1800s– Awemba, 1900s– aBemba Brit. /əˈbɛmbə/, U.S. /əˈbɛmbə/, 1900s– aWemba. Origin: A borrowing from Bemba. Etymons: Bemba babemba, ababemba. Etymology: < Bemba babemba or ababemba the Bemba people (see Babemba n.), reflecting either a mishearing by Europeans (see note), or transmission via another Bantu language in which the corresponding class prefix takes a different form (e.g. Chewa a- ). With use as noun compare earlier Babemba n. and Bemba n. With use as adjective compare earlier Bemba adj.In Bemba, b (except after m) represents a voiced bilabial fricative /β/, which is often perceived as /w/ or not heard at all by speakers of English. A. n. A member of a Bantu-speaking people inhabiting the north-eastern part of Zambia and the neighbouring areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire); = Bemba n. 1.Not in regular use after the early 20th century; later examples are restricted to historical contexts. ΘΠ 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 1890 H. M. Stanley In Darkest Afr. II. xxviii. 239 The Awamba..understood the art of drying bananas. 1915 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 15 157 Intermarriage, among the Awemba, is prohibited (or at least strongly discountenanced) with members of the following tribes. 2010 Soc. Malawi Jrnl. 63 54 A draft of 52 Askari arrived, 29 of them being Awemba. B. adj. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the Bemba people; designating this people; = Bemba adj. 1. Π 1896 Geogr. Jrnl. 7 204 The Awemba country is divided between three principal chiefs. 1896 Glasgow Herald 15 Oct. 7/4 Nor is there any truth in the rumours that Awemba raids have taken place into German East Africa. 1906 Chron. London Missionary Soc. May 116/1 Permission being given by the Board for the printing of St. Mark's Gospel and the Sermon on the Mount in Chibemba, the language of the Awemba people. 2010 Internat. Jrnl. Hist. Archaeology 14 627 Sheane..observed the burial practices of the Awemba tribe of Zambia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1890
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