单词 | nilo-hamite |
释义 | Nilo-Hamiten. Chiefly Cultural Anthropology. A member of any of the African peoples speaking languages formerly classified as Nilo-Hamitic (see Nilo-Hamitic adj.) and now known as Eastern and Southern Nilotic (see Nilotic adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > Hamite or Nilo-Hamite > [noun] Hamite1598 Somalian1889 Niloto-Hamite1921 Nilo-Hamite1929 1929 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 59 377 The Dōbo, like most Nilo-Hamites, pierce and elongate the lobes of the ears. 1953 G. W. B. Huntingford Southern Nilo-Hamites 9 The majority of the Southern Nilo-Hamites are pastoralists practising..a little agriculture. 1966 C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. (ed. 4) vii. 102 The Nilo-Hamites..speak Nilotic languages with Hamitic elements, and are predominantly pastoral Negroids. 1974 J. R. Baker Race xiii. 226 The Aethiopids have hybridized secondarily with Nilotid Negrids to give rise to tribes referred to under the general title of Niloto or Nilo-Hamites. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1929 |
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