单词 | mooré |
释义 | Moorén.2adj. A. n.2 The language of the Mossi people, a member of the Gur branch of the Niger–Congo family of languages, and the majority language of Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) in West Africa. Also called Mossi. Cf. Mossi n. and adj., Mole n.9 and adj.2 ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Voltaic > Voltaic languages Mole1918 Tallensi1952 Mooré1961 1961 More, Lang. of Mossi Tribe (Assemblies of God Protestant Mission) 2 There is no word in Moré but it is not considered impolite to just say bring me this, do that, etc. 1964 E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Translating ix. 203 In Moré, a language of the Haute Volta, all honorifics are plurals (the so-called plurals of majesty). 1971 Current Anthropol. 12 295/2 Ka-mande..is in More (of the Mossi) for Kafo-mande or maize. 1989 Internat. Family Planning Perspectives 15 85/1 Three of the sessions [with male residents of Ouagadougou] were conducted in the most prevalent local language, Moore. 1994 Jrnl. Afr. Hist. 35 486 Père Girault, who emphasized the linguistic affinity between Mooré and Dagara. B. adj. (attributive). Of or belonging to this language. ΚΠ 1981 Man 16 301/1 More kyēma..is the corresponding substantive. 1986 Man 21 371/2 The reader must battle through a forest of More words, titles and place names. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.2adj.1961 |
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