| 释义 |
Susu2|ˈsuːsuː|
Also † Soosoo, Suzee.
[Native name.]
(A member of) a Mande people inhabiting the north-west of Sierra Leone and the southern coastal regions of the Republic of Guinea in West Africa; also, the language of this people. Also attrib. or as adj.
[1670J. Ogilby Africa II. 368 The Kingdom of Bena and Sousos, deriving its Name from the inhabitants of its principal Town, which is named Sousos, stands situate about nine days Journey from..the Kingdom of..Serre-Lions.] 1786J. Matthews Let. 20 Feb. in Voy. River Sierra-Leone (1791) 13 The river Riopongeos..is..one of the principal rivers for trade... The natives are originally Suzeés. Ibid. 20 Nov. 95 The Suzeé language seems to be the root from which the Bagoe..sprung. 1803T. Winterbottom Acct. Native Africans Sierra Leone I. i. 5 The Bulloms..possessed the whole of the river Kissee, from which they were driven by a nation called Soosoos or Suzees. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XXIV. 579/2 The Súsús were well known to the learned and philosophical Arab historian of Africa. 1846R. G. Latham in Proc. Philol. Soc. II. 221 The Susu, of which we have a grammar, is allied to the Mandingo. 1911[see Malinke]. 1957M. Banton W. Afr. City vii. 127 The Susu and Yalunka (or Dyalonke) appear to be two branches of the same people... There are four Susu and three Yalunka chiefdoms. 1977Whitaker's Almanack 1978 758 The southern half of Sierra Leone is inhabited by peoples whose languages fall into the Mende group; the northern half by the Temne, and smaller groups such as the..Susu. |