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单词 morolong
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Morolongn.adj.

Brit. /ˈmɒrəlɒŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɔrəˌlɔŋ/, /ˈmɑrəˌlɑŋ/, South African English /ˈmɒrəlɒŋ/, /ˈmɔːrəlɒŋ/
Inflections: Plural unchanged, Morolongs.
Forms: 1800s Murulong, 1800s– Morolong. See also Barolong adj. and n., Rolong n. and adj.
Origin: A borrowing from Setswana. Etymon: Setswana Morolong.
Etymology: < Setswana regional (Rolong) Morolong member of the Rolong people (also the name of an early leader of the Rolong people, from whom they acknowledge a common ancestry) < mo- , singular class prefix + -rolong (see Rolong n.). Compare earlier Barolong adj. and n. and later Rolong n. and adj., Serolong n.
A. n.
= Rolong n. 1.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [noun] > other peoples of Southern Africa
Zimba1625
Tambouki1786
Hottentot1795
Morolong1815
Oorlam1815
Barolong1823
Tembu1827
Fingo1829
Ngwaketsea1832
Ovaherero1851
Lunda1857
Herero1862
Swazi1878
Magwamba1884
Khoisan1929
Rolong1937
1815 J. Campbell Trav. S. Afr. xvi. 259 The people under Makrakka, another chief, are called Morolongs.
a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XIX. 664/1 The Murúlongs, or Barólongs..once lived on the Tákuna River.
1900 S. T. Plaatje Boer War Diary (1973) 68 Kaffir beer to a common Morolong is ‘meat vegetables and tea’ rolled into one, and they can subsist entirely on it for a long time.
1932 Geogr. Jrnl. 80 284 Indeed, no native will refer to himself as a Mochuana, but as a member of the particular tribe to which he belongs, e.g. a Morolong, or a Mongwato, as the case may be.
1978 Man 13 12 Witness the following statement written by a Morolong in a pamphlet.
1992 C. Murray Black Mountain p. xii I have retained the prefixes used by Africans to distinguish the people of the eastern Orange Free State, collectively (Basotho, Barolong) and individually (Mosotho, Morolong), from their language and culture (Sesotho, Serolong).
B. adj.
= Rolong adj.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [adjective] > Bantu peoples
Xhosa1812
Morolong1822
amaXhosa1824
Zulu1824
Sotho1827
amaZulu1828
Amapondo1830
African1832
Matabele1835
knob-nosed1838
Manganja1859
Pondo1872
Bapedi1878
Ovambo1897
Tsonga1907
Venda1913
Pedi1922
Nguni1929
Lobedu1937
Mosotho1955
1822 J. Campbell Trav. S. Afr.: Narr. 2nd Journey I. i. xviii. 269 The climate of the Morolong country is very different from that of the more interior parts of Africa.
1923 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 53 147 In a Morolong skull in my possession, the width across the last molars is 76mm.
1998 Africa News (Nexis) 6 Mar. Grandpa Lewies [sic] is the former British Lance Corporal Lewis who married Ruth, a Morolong girl, after the war.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1815
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