| 释义 |
Suk, n. and a.|suːk|
A. n.
a. An East African people who inhabit an area on the Uganda-Kenya border; a member of this people.
b. The Nilotic language spoken by the Suk.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people or their language.
1902H. Johnston Uganda Protectorate ii. xix. 847 The Sūk, like the Turkana, pierce the lower lip... The Sūk women sometimes shave the head. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 541/2 The languages spoken in the Uganda Protectorate belong to the following stocks..Masai (Bari, Masai, Elgumi, Turkana, Sūk, &c.). 1930[see Nandi n.2 and a.]. 1936Discovery June 171/2 The Nandi, Masai, Turkana, and Sūk are perhaps the best-known tribes of this group. 1947[see Kipsigis]. 1953, etc. [see Sebei]. 1963Times 6 May 19/6 Mr. Jomo Kenyatta, president of the Kenya African National Union, today reminded a crowd already nursed to a happy pitch of electoral enthusiasm by the chanting and dancing of Suk and Kalenjin tribesmen. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 347/2 Linguists often divide the Nilotic languages into a western group..and a southern group, including Nandi and Suk. |