Mossin.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmɒsi/, U.S.

/ˈmɔsi/,

/ˈmɑsi/, West African English /ˈmɔsi/

Inflections: Plural Mossis, unchanged.

Forms: 1800s Mose, 1800s Mosee, 1800s– Moshi, 1800s– Mosi, 1800s– Mosse, 1900s– Moshie, 1900s– Mossi.

Origin: A borrowing from Mooré. Etymon: Mooré Mossi.

Etymology: < Mooré Mossi, plural of Moaga member of the Mossi people. Compare Mooré n.² and adj., Mole n.⁹ and adj.² Compare also French Mosi, Mossi (1888 or earlier).

A. n.

1. A member of a group of peoples inhabiting Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) in West Africa.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of West Africa > [noun]

Fulbe1623

Mandingo1623

Akani1662

Gola1670

Ashanti1705

Beninese1705

Wolof1745

Igbo1757

Susu1786

Temne1791

Mossi1819

Ibibio1822

Koranko1825

Vaia1832

Sherbro1836

Yoruba1843

Akan1849

Songhai1851

Yoruban1853

Mitshi1854

Ijo1856

Igbirra1863

Soninke1869

Efik1876

Kanuri1876

Fante1879

Malinke1883

Mande1883

Kissi1884

Nupe1885

Mende1887

Ho1890

Benin1897

Limba1902

Munchi1905

Kono1909

Senufo1911

Tallensi1920

Yakö1926

Mandinka1957

Tiv1960

Togolese1962

Loma1964

1819 T. E. Bowdich Mission Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee x. 363 The Mosees, Mallowas, Bournous, and natives from the..interior, play on a rude violin.

1858 H. Barth Trav. & Discov. N. & Central Afr. IV. 551 The strongest among these pagan kingdoms..is that of the Mósi, although the country is split into a number of small principalities..paying only some slight homage to the ruler of the principality of Wóghodogó.

1911 F. W. H. Migeod Lang. W. Afr. I. i. 38 The powerful nation of the Moshis and other kindred tribes evidently prevented the extension of the Nta in a northerly direction.

1930 C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. iii. 63 The Mossi are agriculturalists, with millet as the staple crop.

1964 E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Translating iii. 54 The Mossis of Haute Volta in West Africa speak of most emotional states in terms of the heart.

1988 Independent 4 Aug. 11/3 The Mossi's paramount chief..was..confined to his palace.

2. (A name for) the Gur language of the Mossis.Mooré is now the preferred term for the language: see Mooré n.²

ΚΠ

1819 T. E. Bowdich Mission Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee 508 App. vi (table) English..Fire. Ashantee..ogìäh. Fantee..egah. Booroom..ogha. Various..boogom. Mosse.

1854 S. W. Koelle Polyglotta Africana 6/2 North-Eastern High Sudan Languages..First Group—1. Mōse, called ‘Gúrmāke’ by the Silmīra..and ‘Bémbā’ by the Gúrmās.

1918 R. S. Rattray Elem. Mōle Gram. p. xviii Mōle (the language has hitherto been spoken of, and written as ‘Moshi’, but this is wrong, ‘Moshi’ is the plural of Moaga and means Moshi men) falls under that group of languages which are classed as agglutinative.

1928 D. Westermann in Africa 1 110 Mossi and Dagomba are closely related... Dagomba (more correctly Dagbane) is..the prevailing language.

1977 K. Katzner Langs. of World (U.K. ed.) ii. 298 Mossi, also known as Moré, is the principal language of..Upper Volta, in West Africa. It belongs to the Gur, or Voltaic, branch of the Niger-Congo family of languages. There are about 3 million speakers.

1989 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 771/1 The Voltaic (Gur) subgroup includes 79 languages spoken in Upper Volta and the upper halves of Ghana and Ivory Coast. Mossi is the most prominent of them.

B. adj.

Of or relating to the Mossis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of West Africa > [adjective]

Akani1686

Ashantian1705

Igbo1732

Mandingo1744

Nago1775

Temne1791

Wolof1828

Nupe1829

Kru1835

Gola1843

Mpongwe1844

Efik1849

Yoruban1853

Mossi1854

Fulbe1857

Ewe1861

Fan1861

Ibibio1862

Akan1863

Fon1864

Soninke1870

Mende1872

Ijo1883

Mande1883

Yoruba1883

Mitshi1892

Benin1893

Munchi1908

Yakö1926

Tallensi1936

Tiv1939

Limba1954

Kissi1957

Loma1957

1854 S. W. Koelle Polyglotta Africana 6/2 Kúpeāla is four days' journey from Wārdūgo, the Mṓse capital.

1918 R. S. Rattray Elem. Mōle Gram. p. xviii ‘Moshi’ is the plural of Moaga and means Moshi men.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. XIV. 197/2 Upper Volta..was originally created..in order to stimulate the economic development of the densely peopled Mossi country lying north..of the British Gold Coast.

1988 Independent 4 Aug. 11/3 The coup leader..was the descendant of a Mossi slave.

1999 Britannica Online (Version 99.1) at Mossi Mossi society, which is organized on the basis of a feudal kingdom, is divided into royalty, nobles, commoners, and, formerly, slaves.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mossi
释义	Mossin.adj. Brit. /ˈmɒsi/, U.S. /ˈmɔsi/, /ˈmɑsi/, West African English /ˈmɔsi/ Inflections: Plural Mossis, unchanged. Forms: 1800s Mose, 1800s Mosee, 1800s– Moshi, 1800s– Mosi, 1800s– Mosse, 1900s– Moshie, 1900s– Mossi. Origin: A borrowing from Mooré. Etymon: Mooré Mossi. Etymology: < Mooré Mossi, plural of Moaga member of the Mossi people. Compare Mooré n.² and adj., Mole n.⁹ and adj.² Compare also French Mosi, Mossi (1888 or earlier). A. n. 1. A member of a group of peoples inhabiting Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) in West Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of West Africa > [noun] Fulbe1623 Mandingo1623 Akani1662 Gola1670 Ashanti1705 Beninese1705 Wolof1745 Igbo1757 Susu1786 Temne1791 Mossi1819 Ibibio1822 Koranko1825 Vaia1832 Sherbro1836 Yoruba1843 Akan1849 Songhai1851 Yoruban1853 Mitshi1854 Ijo1856 Igbirra1863 Soninke1869 Efik1876 Kanuri1876 Fante1879 Malinke1883 Mande1883 Kissi1884 Nupe1885 Mende1887 Ho1890 Benin1897 Limba1902 Munchi1905 Kono1909 Senufo1911 Tallensi1920 Yakö1926 Mandinka1957 Tiv1960 Togolese1962 Loma1964 1819 T. E. Bowdich Mission Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee x. 363 The Mosees, Mallowas, Bournous, and natives from the..interior, play on a rude violin. 1858 H. Barth Trav. & Discov. N. & Central Afr. IV. 551 The strongest among these pagan kingdoms..is that of the Mósi, although the country is split into a number of small principalities..paying only some slight homage to the ruler of the principality of Wóghodogó. 1911 F. W. H. Migeod Lang. W. Afr. I. i. 38 The powerful nation of the Moshis and other kindred tribes evidently prevented the extension of the Nta in a northerly direction. 1930 C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. iii. 63 The Mossi are agriculturalists, with millet as the staple crop. 1964 E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Translating iii. 54 The Mossis of Haute Volta in West Africa speak of most emotional states in terms of the heart. 1988 Independent 4 Aug. 11/3 The Mossi's paramount chief..was..confined to his palace. 2. (A name for) the Gur language of the Mossis.Mooré is now the preferred term for the language: see Mooré n.² ΚΠ 1819 T. E. Bowdich Mission Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee 508 App. vi (table) English..Fire. Ashantee..ogìäh. Fantee..egah. Booroom..ogha. Various..boogom. Mosse. 1854 S. W. Koelle Polyglotta Africana 6/2 North-Eastern High Sudan Languages..First Group—1. Mōse, called ‘Gúrmāke’ by the Silmīra..and ‘Bémbā’ by the Gúrmās. 1918 R. S. Rattray Elem. Mōle Gram. p. xviii Mōle (the language has hitherto been spoken of, and written as ‘Moshi’, but this is wrong, ‘Moshi’ is the plural of Moaga and means Moshi men) falls under that group of languages which are classed as agglutinative. 1928 D. Westermann in Africa 1 110 Mossi and Dagomba are closely related... Dagomba (more correctly Dagbane) is..the prevailing language. 1977 K. Katzner Langs. of World (U.K. ed.) ii. 298 Mossi, also known as Moré, is the principal language of..Upper Volta, in West Africa. It belongs to the Gur, or Voltaic, branch of the Niger-Congo family of languages. There are about 3 million speakers. 1989 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 771/1 The Voltaic (Gur) subgroup includes 79 languages spoken in Upper Volta and the upper halves of Ghana and Ivory Coast. Mossi is the most prominent of them. B. adj. Of or relating to the Mossis. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of West Africa > [adjective] Akani1686 Ashantian1705 Igbo1732 Mandingo1744 Nago1775 Temne1791 Wolof1828 Nupe1829 Kru1835 Gola1843 Mpongwe1844 Efik1849 Yoruban1853 Mossi1854 Fulbe1857 Ewe1861 Fan1861 Ibibio1862 Akan1863 Fon1864 Soninke1870 Mende1872 Ijo1883 Mande1883 Yoruba1883 Mitshi1892 Benin1893 Munchi1908 Yakö1926 Tallensi1936 Tiv1939 Limba1954 Kissi1957 Loma1957 1854 S. W. Koelle Polyglotta Africana 6/2 Kúpeāla is four days' journey from Wārdūgo, the Mṓse capital. 1918 R. S. Rattray Elem. Mōle Gram. p. xviii ‘Moshi’ is the plural of Moaga and means Moshi men. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. XIV. 197/2 Upper Volta..was originally created..in order to stimulate the economic development of the densely peopled Mossi country lying north..of the British Gold Coast. 1988 Independent 4 Aug. 11/3 The coup leader..was the descendant of a Mossi slave. 1999 Britannica Online (Version 99.1) at Mossi Mossi society, which is organized on the basis of a feudal kingdom, is divided into royalty, nobles, commoners, and, formerly, slaves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1819
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