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Tswana, n. and a.|ˈtswɑːnə|
Also Chwana.
[Native name.]
A. n.
a. = Bechuana (for which Tswana is now the usual term).
b. The Bantu language of this people (cf. Setswana).
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people or their language.
1930Bantu Studies IV. 211 It is therefore probable that they may still be more widespread, at least among the Sotho-Tswana tribes. 1932D. Jones Outl. Eng. Phonetics xxix. 227 Strong stress without accompanying loudness is a common feature of the Chwana language of South Africa. 1937Bantu Studies XI. 137 The orthography set out in the present pamphlet represents the latest result of a prolonged series of efforts made..by the Education Departments..to arrive at a uniform orthography of Tswana. 1948M. Guthrie Classification Bantu Lang. iv. 68 In Tswana the verbal has the extra suffix -ŋ. 1949I. Schapera in M. Fortes Social Structure 104 In contrast to most other Bantu-speaking peoples of southern Africa, the Tswana tribes of the Bechuanaland Protectorate have remarkably few marriage prohibitions. 1957[see Sotho]. 1973J. J. McKelvey Man against Tsetse i. 16 Cumming went..down to the hunting grounds of the Limpopo against the advice of the local people, the Tswanas. 1975‘D. Jordan’ Black Account xviii. 96 A girl came down the steps..she was blonde, and slim and tall... ‘I thought you were all Tswana here,’ I said and she laughed... She explained she worked in Bantu Affairs. 1980First & Scott Olive Schreiner i. 37 Basotho and Tswana refugees. |