Modjadjin.

Brit.

/məˈdʒɑːdʒi/, U.S.

/məˈdʒɑdʒi/, South African English

/məˈdʒɑːdʒi/,

/mɒˈdʒɑːdʒi/

Inflections: Plural Modjadjis, unchanged.

Forms: 1800s Mochache, 1900s– Madjadja, 1900s– Modjadje, 1900s– Modjadji, 1900s– Mujaji.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Modjadji.

Etymology: < Modjadji, the name of a Northern Sotho woman who became the first queen of the Lobedu in the early 19th cent. (the name being adopted by subsequent queens), perhaps < Lobedu mo- , singular class prefix + tšatši day, sun. With sense 2 compare Afrikaans Modjadjepalm, Modjadjesikadee (1963 or earlier).

South African.

1. The Rain Queen, the hereditary queen of the Lobedu people of Limpopo province (formerly northern Transvaal) of South Africa, believed to have special powers including the ability to bring rain.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > other African

Negus1594

Mwami1860

Modjadji1897

1897 C. W. Macintosh tr. F. Coillard On Threshold Central Afr. 77 Mochache..is the high priestess of the neighbouring tribes. She has her sanctuary in a wooded gorge.

1910 J. Buchan Prester John iii. 68 Majinje, if she pleased, could bring rain.]

1943 E. J. Krige & J. D. Krige Realm of Rain-Queen 1 Amid the convulsions..the kingdom of the Mujajis arose to prominence.

1972 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. VII. 637/1 In 1959 a new Mujaji succeeded on the death of her predecessor and guards the rain ‘medicine’.

1974 A. P. Cartwright By Waters of Letaba 24 The tribe who call themselves the Lovedu, or ‘the Modjadji's people’.

1982 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 5 Sept. (Extra, Cape ed.) 2/8 They accepted the black girl as the true Modjadji... This Queen is said to have died childless and to have nominated her successor.

2. More fully Modjadji cycad, Modjadji palm (also Modjadji's palm). A tall palm-like cycad, Encephalartos transvenosus (family Zamiaceae), found in Limpopo province (formerly northern Transvaal) of South Africa, having poisonous seeds surrounded by an edible fleshy layer.

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1965 S. Eliovson S. Afr. Wild Flowers for Garden 223 Modjadji Palm, a tall-stemmed species.

1972 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. I. 321 Mojadji's palm, probably the most famous cycad of all, grows in the mountains of the northern Transvaal.

1974 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 13 Nov. 23 It has been my privilege to stand in the swirl of cloud and mist among the age-old stems of the Madjadja Palms on the hill below the Kraal of the Rain Queen.

1980 S. Afr. Panorama Sept. 43 The romance of Rain Queen country clings to this largest Modjadji forest.

1997 B. van Wyk & P. van Wyk Field Guide Trees Southern Afr. 58 Encephalartos transvenosus Modjadji cycad... Palm-like tree up to 13m high; stem occasionally branched.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	modjadji
释义	Modjadjin. Brit. /məˈdʒɑːdʒi/, U.S. /məˈdʒɑdʒi/, South African English /məˈdʒɑːdʒi/, /mɒˈdʒɑːdʒi/ Inflections: Plural Modjadjis, unchanged. Forms: 1800s Mochache, 1900s– Madjadja, 1900s– Modjadje, 1900s– Modjadji, 1900s– Mujaji. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Modjadji. Etymology: < Modjadji, the name of a Northern Sotho woman who became the first queen of the Lobedu in the early 19th cent. (the name being adopted by subsequent queens), perhaps < Lobedu mo- , singular class prefix + tšatši day, sun. With sense 2 compare Afrikaans Modjadjepalm, Modjadjesikadee (1963 or earlier). South African. 1. The Rain Queen, the hereditary queen of the Lobedu people of Limpopo province (formerly northern Transvaal) of South Africa, believed to have special powers including the ability to bring rain. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > other African Negus1594 Mwami1860 Modjadji1897 1897 C. W. Macintosh tr. F. Coillard On Threshold Central Afr. 77 Mochache..is the high priestess of the neighbouring tribes. She has her sanctuary in a wooded gorge. 1910 J. Buchan Prester John iii. 68 Majinje, if she pleased, could bring rain.] 1943 E. J. Krige & J. D. Krige Realm of Rain-Queen 1 Amid the convulsions..the kingdom of the Mujajis arose to prominence. 1972 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. VII. 637/1 In 1959 a new Mujaji succeeded on the death of her predecessor and guards the rain ‘medicine’. 1974 A. P. Cartwright By Waters of Letaba 24 The tribe who call themselves the Lovedu, or ‘the Modjadji's people’. 1982 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 5 Sept. (Extra, Cape ed.) 2/8 They accepted the black girl as the true Modjadji... This Queen is said to have died childless and to have nominated her successor. 2. More fully Modjadji cycad, Modjadji palm (also Modjadji's palm). A tall palm-like cycad, Encephalartos transvenosus (family Zamiaceae), found in Limpopo province (formerly northern Transvaal) of South Africa, having poisonous seeds surrounded by an edible fleshy layer. ΚΠ 1965 S. Eliovson S. Afr. Wild Flowers for Garden 223 Modjadji Palm, a tall-stemmed species. 1972 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. I. 321 Mojadji's palm, probably the most famous cycad of all, grows in the mountains of the northern Transvaal. 1974 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 13 Nov. 23 It has been my privilege to stand in the swirl of cloud and mist among the age-old stems of the Madjadja Palms on the hill below the Kraal of the Rain Queen. 1980 S. Afr. Panorama Sept. 43 The romance of Rain Queen country clings to this largest Modjadji forest. 1997 B. van Wyk & P. van Wyk Field Guide Trees Southern Afr. 58 Encephalartos transvenosus Modjadji cycad... Palm-like tree up to 13m high; stem occasionally branched. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1897
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