titihoyan.

Brit.

/ˌtɪtɪˈhɔɪə/, U.S.

/ˌtɪtiˈhɔɪə/, South African English

/tɪtiˈhɔɪ(j)ə/

Forms: 1800s– titihoya, 1900s– titihoye (rare), 1900s– tithoya (rare).

Origin: A borrowing from Zulu. Etymon: Zulu -titihhoye.

Etymology: < Zulu -titihhoye, stem of ititihhoye black-winged lapwing < i-, singular class prefix + -titi, imitative of the bird's call + -hhoye plover.

South African.

In KwaZulu-Natal province: the black-winged lapwing, Vanellus melanopterus, a plover which has a shrill call that resembles ‘titi’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > member of genus Vanellus > vanellus melanopterus (black-winged)

titihoya1873

1873 Jackson Sentinel (Maquoketa, Iowa) 25 Sept. 1/5 Well, he used to be her lover, and often came at night, and called her out by imitating the titihoya plover when it is disturbed.

1948 A. Paton Cry, Beloved Country i. i. 13 You may hear the forlorn crying of the titihoya, one of the birds of the veld.

1980 A. Paton Towards Mountain xii. 86 Much of the beauty of the Ixopo countryside has gone.., and the titihoya does not cry there anymore.

2008 P. Merrington Zebra Crossings 90 The titihoya calls forlorn on tough-grassed hillsides.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	titihoya
释义	titihoyan. Brit. /ˌtɪtɪˈhɔɪə/, U.S. /ˌtɪtiˈhɔɪə/, South African English /tɪtiˈhɔɪ(j)ə/ Forms: 1800s– titihoya, 1900s– titihoye (rare), 1900s– tithoya (rare). Origin: A borrowing from Zulu. Etymon: Zulu -titihhoye. Etymology: < Zulu -titihhoye, stem of ititihhoye black-winged lapwing < i-, singular class prefix + -titi, imitative of the bird's call + -hhoye plover. South African. In KwaZulu-Natal province: the black-winged lapwing, Vanellus melanopterus, a plover which has a shrill call that resembles ‘titi’. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > member of genus Vanellus > vanellus melanopterus (black-winged) titihoya1873 1873 Jackson Sentinel (Maquoketa, Iowa) 25 Sept. 1/5 Well, he used to be her lover, and often came at night, and called her out by imitating the titihoya plover when it is disturbed. 1948 A. Paton Cry, Beloved Country i. i. 13 You may hear the forlorn crying of the titihoya, one of the birds of the veld. 1980 A. Paton Towards Mountain xii. 86 Much of the beauty of the Ixopo countryside has gone.., and the titihoya does not cry there anymore. 2008 P. Merrington Zebra Crossings 90 The titihoya calls forlorn on tough-grassed hillsides. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1873
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