Turkanan.adj.

Brit.

/təːˈkɑːnə/, U.S.

/tərˈkɑnə/, East African English

/turˈkana/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, Turkanas.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from German. Partly a borrowing from Turkana. Partly from a proper name. Etymons: German Turkana, Turkana -turkana; proper name Lake Turkana, proper name Turkana County.

Etymology: Originally (i) < German Turkana (1892 in the passage translated in quot. 1894) and its etymon Turkana -turkana (compare Ng’iturkana , denoting the people (singular Eturkanait ), and Ng’aturkana , denoting the language) < Turkan , the name of the region traditionally inhabited by this people, now the Turkana County in north-western Kenya. In sense A. 3 (ii) via the name of either Lake Turkana (Swahili Ziwa Turkana: see note), or the Turkana County (Swahili Kaunti ya Turkana) on the west bank of this lake.Lake Turkana is situated in the Great Rift Valley, mostly within Kenya, but also extending north into Ethiopia; it was formerly known in English as Lake Rudolf (after German Rudolfsee ). Nariokotome, where the Turkana boy skeleton was found (see sense A. 3), is situated in the Turkana County of Kenya, near the bank of the lake; compare Nariokotome n.

A. n.

1. A member of an East African people traditionally inhabiting the region now designated as Turkana County in Kenya.

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Turkana1894

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Kipsigis1931

Kalenjin1957

1894 N. Bell tr. L. von Höhnel Discov. Lakes Rudolf & Stefanie II. ii. 74 They [sc. the Burkeneji] sometimes barter for cereals with the Turkana [Ger. den Turkana], their neighbours on the west.

1930 C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. vii. 161 The Masai and Turkana are nomadic herdsmen.

1977 H. Innes Big Footprints i. i. 26 He's a Turkana. He was born up there and he's been back to Lake Rudolph many times.

2019 Daily Nation (Kenya) (Nexis) 28 June The new vice-chair..said he will use the national position to fight for the rights of Turkanas all over Kenya.

2. The Nilotic language of the Turkana.

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1902 H. H. Johnston Uganda Protectorate II. xx. 887 Turkana has a few more words in it betraying Hamitic..affinities.

1977 H. Innes Big Footprints i. i. 27 ‘Is that Turkana you're talking?’.. ‘No. A mixture of Samburu and Swahili.’

2007 J. L. Ruot I duck my Way Out! xliii. 155 When I learned Turkana, I could tell the old man everything he wanted to know.

3. Palaeontology. As a modifier. Designating the most complete known skeleton of an early fossil hominid, a young male of Homo ergaster (or African H. erectus) discovered at Nariokotome near Lake Turkana, Kenya, in 1984, and dated to about 1.5 million years ago; of or relating to this find. Esp. in Turkana boy (also called Nariokotome boy).

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1984 Science 2 Nov. 529/2 The Turkana boy stood around 5 feet 5 inches and would have reached 6 feet in adulthood.

1995 I. Tattersall Fossil Trail xiv. 188 It appears that the Turkana Boy may well have died after only about nine years of life.

2006 K. Sale After Eden iv. 107 This is exactly the kind of diet indicated by two parts of the Turkana skeleton.

2009 R. Dawkins Greatest Show on Earth vii. 197 The most famous specimen of Homo ergaster, and one of the most complete pre-human fossils ever found, is the Turkana Boy, or Nariokotome Boy.

B. adj.

Of, belonging to, or relating to the Turkana or their language.

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1894 N. Bell tr. L. von Höhnel Discov. Lakes Rudolf & Stefanie II. v. 236 (caption) Turkana woman [Ger. Turkanafrau].

1995 Time 28 Aug. 58/2 Anam is the Turkana word for lake.

2020 Business Daily (Nairobi) (Nexis) 2 Mar. Murumbi was so impressed with Donovan's collection that he..sent him back up north to again collect elements of Turkana culture which had previously been largely unknown in Nairobi.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	turkana
释义	Turkanan.adj. Brit. /təːˈkɑːnə/, U.S. /tərˈkɑnə/, East African English /turˈkana/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, Turkanas. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from German. Partly a borrowing from Turkana. Partly from a proper name. Etymons: German Turkana, Turkana -turkana; proper name Lake Turkana, proper name Turkana County. Etymology: Originally (i) < German Turkana (1892 in the passage translated in quot. 1894) and its etymon Turkana -turkana (compare Ng’iturkana , denoting the people (singular Eturkanait ), and Ng’aturkana , denoting the language) < Turkan , the name of the region traditionally inhabited by this people, now the Turkana County in north-western Kenya. In sense A. 3 (ii) via the name of either Lake Turkana (Swahili Ziwa Turkana: see note), or the Turkana County (Swahili Kaunti ya Turkana) on the west bank of this lake.Lake Turkana is situated in the Great Rift Valley, mostly within Kenya, but also extending north into Ethiopia; it was formerly known in English as Lake Rudolf (after German Rudolfsee ). Nariokotome, where the Turkana boy skeleton was found (see sense A. 3), is situated in the Turkana County of Kenya, near the bank of the lake; compare Nariokotome n. A. n. 1. A member of an East African people traditionally inhabiting the region now designated as Turkana County in Kenya. 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 the mind > language > languages of the world > Nilo-Saharan languages > [noun] > Nilotic group of > Southern Turkana1894 Nandi1902 Suk1902 Kipsigis1931 Kalenjin1957 1894 N. Bell tr. L. von Höhnel Discov. Lakes Rudolf & Stefanie II. ii. 74 They [sc. the Burkeneji] sometimes barter for cereals with the Turkana [Ger. den Turkana], their neighbours on the west. 1930 C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. vii. 161 The Masai and Turkana are nomadic herdsmen. 1977 H. Innes Big Footprints i. i. 26 He's a Turkana. He was born up there and he's been back to Lake Rudolph many times. 2019 Daily Nation (Kenya) (Nexis) 28 June The new vice-chair..said he will use the national position to fight for the rights of Turkanas all over Kenya. 2. The Nilotic language of the Turkana. ΚΠ 1902 H. H. Johnston Uganda Protectorate II. xx. 887 Turkana has a few more words in it betraying Hamitic..affinities. 1977 H. Innes Big Footprints i. i. 27 ‘Is that Turkana you're talking?’.. ‘No. A mixture of Samburu and Swahili.’ 2007 J. L. Ruot I duck my Way Out! xliii. 155 When I learned Turkana, I could tell the old man everything he wanted to know. 3. Palaeontology. As a modifier. Designating the most complete known skeleton of an early fossil hominid, a young male of Homo ergaster (or African H. erectus) discovered at Nariokotome near Lake Turkana, Kenya, in 1984, and dated to about 1.5 million years ago; of or relating to this find. Esp. in Turkana boy (also called Nariokotome boy). ΚΠ 1984 Science 2 Nov. 529/2 The Turkana boy stood around 5 feet 5 inches and would have reached 6 feet in adulthood. 1995 I. Tattersall Fossil Trail xiv. 188 It appears that the Turkana Boy may well have died after only about nine years of life. 2006 K. Sale After Eden iv. 107 This is exactly the kind of diet indicated by two parts of the Turkana skeleton. 2009 R. Dawkins Greatest Show on Earth vii. 197 The most famous specimen of Homo ergaster, and one of the most complete pre-human fossils ever found, is the Turkana Boy, or Nariokotome Boy. B. adj. Of, belonging to, or relating to the Turkana or their language. ΚΠ 1894 N. Bell tr. L. von Höhnel Discov. Lakes Rudolf & Stefanie II. v. 236 (caption) Turkana woman [Ger. Turkanafrau]. 1995 Time 28 Aug. 58/2 Anam is the Turkana word for lake. 2020 Business Daily (Nairobi) (Nexis) 2 Mar. Murumbi was so impressed with Donovan's collection that he..sent him back up north to again collect elements of Turkana culture which had previously been largely unknown in Nairobi. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.adj.1894
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