单词 | peul |
释义 | Peuln.adj. A. n. 1. A member of a widely scattered people of north-western sub-Saharan Africa; = Fula n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Sudan > [noun] > person Fulbe1623 Fellataa1817 Fula1832 Pullo1836 Peul1895 1895 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 27 321 The ruling race is the Peul, or Poul, or Fellata..Intellectually, the Peuls are quick and keen. 1931 W. B. Seabrook Jungle Ways iii. ii. 199 Women walked in groups, with long black robes and faces of pale ivory, cameo-cut... These special women, notoriously beautiful as a race,..were Peuhls. 1959 Encounter Sept. 36/1 M. Diallo belongs to the Peulhs, a fascinating people..spread throughout the sub-Saharan regions of Africa. 1999 Stud. Family Planning 30 223/1 In Mali, several ethnic groups were represented, the largest being the Bambara (40 percent)..the Peulh (12 percent)..and other groups (16 percent). 2. The Niger-Congo language of the Peul; = Fula n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Fulah Wolof1823 Fula1848 Fulfulde1857 Pullo1858 Fulani1891 Peul1932 Fulbe1967 1932 W. L. Graff Lang. & Langs. 154 Peul, Wolof, and Serere, three languages of the above-mentioned African group. 1962 Internat. Affairs 38 194 There are Negroes speaking Sarakillé or Peulh on both sides of the river. 1996 B. F. Grimes Ethnologue (ed. 13) 373 Fulfulde, Pulaar (Peul, Peulh). 1,946,000 in Senegal. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the Pullo; = Fula adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Sudan > [adjective] Fula1794 Fellata1820 Fulani1839 Nuba1855 Pullo1856 Fulbe1857 Uduk1927 Peul1935 1935 G. Gorer Afr. Dances ii. 159 The Peulh women were remarkable for their lighter skin and sharper features. 1973 Guardian 19 June 18/1 The Tuareg and Peul nomads have..watched the bulk of their scrawny animals die. 1989 Jrnl. Health & Social Behavior 30 429/2 In rural areas Soussou women interviewed were more likely to take chloroquine..in urban areas Peuhl women interviewed were more likely to do so. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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