释义 |
Teso|ˈtɛsəʊ| [Native name.] a. (Also Iteso.) A Nilo-Hamitic people of central Uganda and western Kenya; a member of this people. b. (Also Ateso.) The Nilo-Hamitic language of this people. Also attrib.
1910Bible in World Nov. 323/2 Teso is the speech of one of the Nilotic tribes who are found in the north of the Uganda Protectorate. Ibid. 324/1 The Teso language belongs to a group which also includes the dialects spoken by the famous Masai..and the Karamojo tribes. Ibid., Kitching..gave a most encouraging account of his successful work among the Teso. 1915A. L. Kitching Handbk. Ateso Lang. p. v, The Teso are a cheerful, industrious people, amenable to control..yet the name of this tribe does not appear..in any of the works on the peoples of the Uganda Protectorate... The Ateso dialect is spoken by a tribe of some 300,000 people living between Lake Kioga and Mt. Ehgon in..the Ugandan Protectorate. 1935, etc. [see Sebei]. 1966[see Karamojo]. 1973Sunday Tel. 4 Mar. 8/2 The taller and more gaunt appearance of the Nilotic tribes—the Lango, the Acholi and the Iteso. |