Oromon.adj.

Brit.

/ɒˈrəʊməʊ/, U.S.

/ɔˈroʊmoʊ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, Oromos.

Forms: 1800s– Oromo, 1900s– Oromoo.

Origin: A borrowing from Oromo. Etymon: Oromo Oromo.

Etymology: < Oromo Oromo, self-designation, perhaps < ormu men (compare quot. 1885 at sense A. 1). Compare French Oromo (1877).

A. n.

1. A member of a people of eastern Africa, forming one of the two largest ethnic groups in Ethiopia, with subgroups also inhabiting parts of Kenya.Both the people and their language (see sense A. 2) were formerly known as Galla; the term is still used occasionally but is not generally favoured by the Oromo themselves and is regarded as pejorative (see Galla n. and adj.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > other peoples

Galla1625

Afar1845

Nyasa1848

Kikuyu1849

Barotse1851

Makololo1853

Oromo1868

Baganda1872

Acholi1874

Makonde1883

Kamba1885

Luo1886

Ogoni1888

Turkana1894

Lango1902

Sebei1902

Suk1902

Wanderobo1902

Sapiny1909

Sandawe1924

Kipsigis1931

Pokot1937

1868 Catholic World May 268 The Oromos, whose name in war is Gallei or Galla.

1885 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 14 98 The Galla, a chief branch of the Eastern Hamites, who also call themselves Oromo, Orma, Ormu = men.

1923 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 53 58 From the Somal it spread to certain of the Galla, or Oromo, but by no means to all, those furthest from Semitic influence do not follow the custom.

1972 Bk. Thousand Tongues (United Bible Soc.) (rev. ed.) 147/2 The Galla, or Oromo, number between 2.5 and 3 million people.

1988 Jrnl. Refugee Stud. 1 154 At least one million ethnic Somali and Oromo fled Ethiopia into the Somali Democratic Republic in 1977–78.

1994 Britannica Bk. of Year 751/1 Opposition came from Amharas in the former Gonder region; Oromos in Harerge, Welaga, and Western Shoa; and Somalis in the Ogaden.

2. The East Cushitic language of the Oromo, existing in a number of different varieties.

ΚΠ

1890 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 22 121 The regions in which the Amhara tongue is spoken are called by the collective name of Amhara; the Oromo are those in which the language is Oromo.

1977 R. J. Hayward in Trans. Philol. Soc. 207 Epethentic elements, when they do occur in Oromo, have usually a fairly close frontal quality.

1982 G. B. Gragg Oromo Dict. p. v Political developments since 1974 have resulted in the increasing use of Oromo in publishing and broadcasting in Ethiopia.

1991 Jrnl. Semantics 8 301 (heading) Oromo (Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, Cushitic Proper): individual and collective aspect markers.

B. adj. (attributive).

Of, relating to, or designating the Oromo or their language.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > other peoples

Galla1710

Afar1845

Makololo1857

Baganda1872

Acholi1874

Makonde1876

Ogoni1888

Oromo1890

Turkana1894

Lango1902

Sebei1902

Suk1902

Luo1909

Sandawe1925

Wanderobo1935

Pokot1951

1890 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 22 121 The Amhara, Oromo and Sidama countries have no precise limits, other than those of language.

1922 A. W. Hodgson & C. H. Walker (title) An elementary and practical grammar of the Galla or Oromo language.

1957 Bull. Univ. Coll. Addis Ababa Ethnol. Soc. Dec. 65 Gōge and däbo are the most important communal labours among the Oromo people.

1974 Times 2 Mar. 14/7 The Ethiopian Liberation Movement among the Oromo (Galla) people in the south.

1991 Jrnl. Semantics 8 301 Stroomer..states that the majority of nouns in the three Oromo dialects Boraana, Orma and Wata (= BOW) are unspecified for number.

2000 Wasafiri Spring 17/2 Daughter of a Piedmontese father and an Oromo mother, she was born in Ghidami in 1949.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oromo
释义	Oromon.adj. Brit. /ɒˈrəʊməʊ/, U.S. /ɔˈroʊmoʊ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, Oromos. Forms: 1800s– Oromo, 1900s– Oromoo. Origin: A borrowing from Oromo. Etymon: Oromo Oromo. Etymology: < Oromo Oromo, self-designation, perhaps < ormu men (compare quot. 1885 at sense A. 1). Compare French Oromo (1877). A. n. 1. A member of a people of eastern Africa, forming one of the two largest ethnic groups in Ethiopia, with subgroups also inhabiting parts of Kenya.Both the people and their language (see sense A. 2) were formerly known as Galla; the term is still used occasionally but is not generally favoured by the Oromo themselves and is regarded as pejorative (see Galla n. and adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > other peoples Galla1625 Afar1845 Nyasa1848 Kikuyu1849 Barotse1851 Makololo1853 Oromo1868 Baganda1872 Acholi1874 Makonde1883 Kamba1885 Luo1886 Ogoni1888 Turkana1894 Lango1902 Sebei1902 Suk1902 Wanderobo1902 Sapiny1909 Sandawe1924 Kipsigis1931 Pokot1937 1868 Catholic World May 268 The Oromos, whose name in war is Gallei or Galla. 1885 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 14 98 The Galla, a chief branch of the Eastern Hamites, who also call themselves Oromo, Orma, Ormu = men. 1923 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 53 58 From the Somal it spread to certain of the Galla, or Oromo, but by no means to all, those furthest from Semitic influence do not follow the custom. 1972 Bk. Thousand Tongues (United Bible Soc.) (rev. ed.) 147/2 The Galla, or Oromo, number between 2.5 and 3 million people. 1988 Jrnl. Refugee Stud. 1 154 At least one million ethnic Somali and Oromo fled Ethiopia into the Somali Democratic Republic in 1977–78. 1994 Britannica Bk. of Year 751/1 Opposition came from Amharas in the former Gonder region; Oromos in Harerge, Welaga, and Western Shoa; and Somalis in the Ogaden. 2. The East Cushitic language of the Oromo, existing in a number of different varieties. ΚΠ 1890 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 22 121 The regions in which the Amhara tongue is spoken are called by the collective name of Amhara; the Oromo are those in which the language is Oromo. 1977 R. J. Hayward in Trans. Philol. Soc. 207 Epethentic elements, when they do occur in Oromo, have usually a fairly close frontal quality. 1982 G. B. Gragg Oromo Dict. p. v Political developments since 1974 have resulted in the increasing use of Oromo in publishing and broadcasting in Ethiopia. 1991 Jrnl. Semantics 8 301 (heading) Oromo (Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, Cushitic Proper): individual and collective aspect markers. B. adj. (attributive). Of, relating to, or designating the Oromo or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > other peoples Galla1710 Afar1845 Makololo1857 Baganda1872 Acholi1874 Makonde1876 Ogoni1888 Oromo1890 Turkana1894 Lango1902 Sebei1902 Suk1902 Luo1909 Sandawe1925 Wanderobo1935 Pokot1951 1890 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 22 121 The Amhara, Oromo and Sidama countries have no precise limits, other than those of language. 1922 A. W. Hodgson & C. H. Walker (title) An elementary and practical grammar of the Galla or Oromo language. 1957 Bull. Univ. Coll. Addis Ababa Ethnol. Soc. Dec. 65 Gōge and däbo are the most important communal labours among the Oromo people. 1974 Times 2 Mar. 14/7 The Ethiopian Liberation Movement among the Oromo (Galla) people in the south. 1991 Jrnl. Semantics 8 301 Stroomer..states that the majority of nouns in the three Oromo dialects Boraana, Orma and Wata (= BOW) are unspecified for number. 2000 Wasafiri Spring 17/2 Daughter of a Piedmontese father and an Oromo mother, she was born in Ghidami in 1949. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1868
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