单词 | Pedi |
释义 | Pedi/ˈpɛdi /noun (plural same or Pedis) 1A member of a people traditionally inhabiting the northern region of South Africa.A small chiefdom of perhaps 10,000 people in the 1870s, based around a strongly fortified village, the Ndzundza sided with the British and Swazi in the conquest of the Pedi in 1879....
2 another term for Sepedi.It boasts a multi-lingual programme, including Sotho, Tswana, Pedi, Afrikaans and Xhosa, and creates an opportunity for writers to stimulate the often declining readership of their vernacular. adjective Relating to the Pedi or their language.The amalaita were Zulu-speakers in Natal, but, in Johannesburg and Pretoria, Pedi youths from the eastern Transvaal formed similar associations....
OriginFrom Sotho Mopedi, denoting a member of this people. |
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