| 释义 |
Temne, n. and a.|ˈtɛmniː|
Forms: 8 Timmany; 9 Timan(n)ee, Timmanah, -ee, -eh, -i; 9– Temne; Temnee, Timini, Timne, Timni.
[Native name; cf. quot. 1861.]
A. n.
a. A people of Sierra Leone; also, a member of this people.
b. A West Atlantic language spoken by this people.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating this people or their language.
1791A. M. Falconbridge Let. 8 June in Narr. Two Voyages to Sierra Leone (1802) 81 The Burees..were conquered and drove away to other parts of the country by the Timmany's. 1792― Let. 10 Feb. in Ibid. 27 In every house I was accosted by whoever we found at home, in the Timmany language Currea Yaa, which signifies—How do you do, mother? 1803T. Winterbottom Acct. of Native Africans of Sierra Leone I. iv. 65 The largest kind [of pepper] is distinguished..in Timmanee, by kik bengbay pootoo; and in Soosoo, by foorootoo bengbay. Ibid. v. 80 Timanee towns..have Ro in general prefixed to them, as Ro-mak-baynee, a town where they finish things. 1825[see Koranko]. 1841Penny Cycl. XXI. 503/1 The Timannees occupy a country extending 90 miles from east to west, and 55 from north to south. 1850T. E. Poole Life, Scenery & Customs in Sierra Leone II. xvii. 274 He gave himself up to the most diligent study of the Timmanah language. 1861C. F. Schlenker Collect. Temne Traditions p. iii, The signification of the term: Témne seems to be ‘an old man himself’. They derive it..from o-tem, ‘an old man, an old gentleman’, to which is affixed the reflexive suffix -ne, ‘self’; because they believe that the Temne nation will ever exist. 1887Encycl. Brit. XXII. 44/2 The following..can be distinctly classified:—Mandingos, 1190; Timmanehs, 7443 [etc.]. 1903J. J. Crooks Hist. Sierra Leone ix. 121 Many Timini children were carefully brought up according to the Mohammedan creed. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXV. 55/1 Sierra Leone is inhabited by various negro tribes, the chief being the Timni, the Sulima, the Susu and the Mendi. 1916H. Osman Newland Sierra Leone iii. 28 The name of the village is essentially a reminder of the old Temne domination when Kwaia..country embraced all this territory. 1916N. W. Thomas Anthropol. Rep. on Sierra Leone i. i. 7 The remaining languages are Soudanese, and fall into two main groups, prefix and non-prefix tongues. To the former..belong (a) Timne, (b) Limba, [etc.]. 1926F. W. H. Migeod View of Sierra Leone i. iii. 18 The Temne influence is so great that practically all the Bullom north of Freetown speak Temne. 1955[see Mande n. and a.]. 1957M. Banton W. Afr. City iii. 54 The Temne, conservative as he is in many matters, has a readiness to copy certain new ways. 1957Ld. Hailey African Survey 1956 iii. 104 In the Protectorate Mende is the language generally used in education, but Temne and the Kono dialect of Vai are used in mission schools. 1980E. G. Wilson John Clarkson vi. 81 Alexander Falconbridge..had been prevailed upon..to return to Sierra Leone where his experience with the Temne people would pave the way for the immigrant fleet. Ibid. vi. 82 John Clarkson could soothe Falconbridge and win the confidence of the Temne as well. |