mvulen.

Brit.

/(ə)mˈvuːleɪ/, U.S.

/(ə)mˈvuleɪ/

Forms: 1800s mbule, 1800s– mvule, 1900s– muvule, 1900s– mvula, 1900s– mvuli.

Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili mvule.

Etymology: < Swahili mvule (plural mivule). With form muvule compare Luganda muvule. O.E.D. Suppl. (1976) enters this under muvule and gives the pronunciation as (muvⁱū·li) /muːˈv(j)uːliː/.

In East Africa: the iroko tree, Milicia (or Chlorophora) excelsa (also mvule tree); the hardwood timber of this tree, used esp. in cabinetmaking, building, and shipbuilding.

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1858 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 28 193 The higher hills supply the mvule, whose huge trunk serves for planking and doors at Zanzibar.

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 46/1 Amongst the useful timber trees may be noticed the gigantic mbule.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 397/1 The largest timber tree [in Tanganyika] is the mvule, which attains vast dimensions, its trunk supplying the natives with the dug-out canoes with which they navigate the lake.

1940 W. J. Eggeling Indigenous Trees of Uganda Protectorate 131 Muvule is a tree of great importance to the timber trade of Uganda.

1947 E. Afr. Ann. 1946–7 82/1 In the shade of an immense mvuli tree, an old man..is sitting.

1962 Times 9 Oct. (Uganda Suppl.) p. viii/4 Giant muvule trees (African teak).

1966 B. Kimenye Kalasanda Revisited 77 Hunched over the heavy, old-fashioned mvule desk, they set about answering the numerous personal questions.

1973 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 2 May 1/7 Livingstone's heart was buried under a mvula tree in Chipundu.

2000 Monitor (Kampala) 28 Apr. 36/1 (advt.) Torsten garden furniture, two-seater, two singles plus round table in mvule (one year guarantee on quality and workmanship).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mvule
释义	mvulen. Brit. /(ə)mˈvuːleɪ/, U.S. /(ə)mˈvuleɪ/ Forms: 1800s mbule, 1800s– mvule, 1900s– muvule, 1900s– mvula, 1900s– mvuli. Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili mvule. Etymology: < Swahili mvule (plural mivule). With form muvule compare Luganda muvule. O.E.D. Suppl. (1976) enters this under muvule and gives the pronunciation as (muvⁱū·li) /muːˈv(j)uːliː/. In East Africa: the iroko tree, Milicia (or Chlorophora) excelsa (also mvule tree); the hardwood timber of this tree, used esp. in cabinetmaking, building, and shipbuilding. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > African shittima1382 citrus1555 cam-wood1699 jacaranda1753 kokerboom1774 quiver tree1789 geelhout1790 rooihout1790 yellowwood1790 mat-wood1792 assegai1793 assegai tree1793 hardpear1801 rooi els1801 argan1809 beaver-wood1810 mat tree1812 saffraan1819 salie1819 sneezewood1834 African teak1842 hyawaballi1851 sage-wood1854 mvule1858 til1858 yari-yari1858 cannibal stinkwood1859 kiaat1862 knobwood1862 milkwood1862 tryssil1862 sulphur-tree1863 khaya1864 cailcedra1866 flat-crown1868 umzimbeet1870 kuka1882 odum1887 iroko1890 opepe1891 Natal mahogany1904 muhimbi1906 obeche1906 agba1908 makoré1915 afara1920 agboin1920 abura1921 podo1922 afrormosia1923 guarea1936 Mansonia1936 dahoma1955 utile1956 1858 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 28 193 The higher hills supply the mvule, whose huge trunk serves for planking and doors at Zanzibar. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 46/1 Amongst the useful timber trees may be noticed the gigantic mbule. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 397/1 The largest timber tree [in Tanganyika] is the mvule, which attains vast dimensions, its trunk supplying the natives with the dug-out canoes with which they navigate the lake. 1940 W. J. Eggeling Indigenous Trees of Uganda Protectorate 131 Muvule is a tree of great importance to the timber trade of Uganda. 1947 E. Afr. Ann. 1946–7 82/1 In the shade of an immense mvuli tree, an old man..is sitting. 1962 Times 9 Oct. (Uganda Suppl.) p. viii/4 Giant muvule trees (African teak). 1966 B. Kimenye Kalasanda Revisited 77 Hunched over the heavy, old-fashioned mvule desk, they set about answering the numerous personal questions. 1973 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 2 May 1/7 Livingstone's heart was buried under a mvula tree in Chipundu. 2000 Monitor (Kampala) 28 Apr. 36/1 (advt.) Torsten garden furniture, two-seater, two singles plus round table in mvule (one year guarantee on quality and workmanship). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1858
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