pole poleadv.int.

Brit.

/ˌpəʊleɪ ˈpəʊleɪ/, U.S.

/ˌpoʊleɪ ˈpoʊleɪ/, East African English

/ˌpole ˈpole/

Forms: 1900s– pole pole, 1900s– polepole.

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

Etymology: < Swahili polepole, reduplication of pole calmly, slowly, gently (see pole sana int.).

Kenyan English and Tanzanian English.

Slowly or carefully; in an unhurried way; without haste. Also as int.

ΚΠ

1902 L. Portman Station Stud. 220 Take him to Bwana Doctari... And just go polepole (carefully), mind. The poor devil can't have many breaths left in him.

1934 N. K. Strange Kenya To-day ix. 112 In the old days when your ricksha boys raced down a hill, you shouted ‘Polepole!’—slowly!

2016 Citizen (Tanzania) (Nexis) 10 Jan. I'll appreciate everything the mountain has to offer and I will walk pole pole.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	pole pole
释义	pole poleadv.int. Brit. /ˌpəʊleɪ ˈpəʊleɪ/, U.S. /ˌpoʊleɪ ˈpoʊleɪ/, East African English /ˌpole ˈpole/ Forms: 1900s– pole pole, 1900s– polepole. Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili polepole. Etymology: < Swahili polepole, reduplication of pole calmly, slowly, gently (see pole sana int.). Kenyan English and Tanzanian English. Slowly or carefully; in an unhurried way; without haste. Also as int. ΚΠ 1902 L. Portman Station Stud. 220 Take him to Bwana Doctari... And just go polepole (carefully), mind. The poor devil can't have many breaths left in him. 1934 N. K. Strange Kenya To-day ix. 112 In the old days when your ricksha boys raced down a hill, you shouted ‘Polepole!’—slowly! 2016 Citizen (Tanzania) (Nexis) 10 Jan. I'll appreciate everything the mountain has to offer and I will walk pole pole. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < adv.int.1902
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