| 释义 |
Wolof, n. and a.|ˈwəʊlɒf|
Also Jolof |ˈjəʊlɒf|, Woloff, etc.
[Native name.]
A. n.
a. (A member of) an African people of Senegal and the Gambia.
b. The language of this people, belonging to the Niger-Congo family.
1745F. Moore in New Gen. Coll. Voy. II. 227/2 The Natives, who were Jolloifs, had taken his chief Mate and Surgeon Prisoners. 1823Mrs. H. Kilham (title) African lessons. Wolof and English. 1848Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 162 Here the Woloff has not only no particular affinities, but fewer miscellaneous ones than any other language. 1883, etc. [see Peulh n. and a.]. 1908T. G. Tucker Introd. Nat. Hist. Lang. 147 This process is common in Wolof. 1930C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. iii. 58 The lower and middle portions of the Senegal River form the ethnic divide between Hamites and Negroes. Immediately south of the river the latter are represented by the Wolof (or Jolof). 1961Guardian 25 Nov. 7 Senegal combines at least six different tribes... The largest is the Wolof numbering about 800,000. 1972J. L. Dillard Black Eng. iii. 74 The widespread use of Wolof, which seems to have a special lingua franca status among West African languages, in the thirteen colonies. 1976Times 20 Nov. 11/4 The third largest group are the Wollofs, whose women..are..among the most beautiful in Africa.
B. adj.
a. gen.
1828Mrs. H. Kilham Specimens African Languages Sierra Leone p. vii, In the Jolof Language there are two sounds of the guttural kind. 1865R. F. Burton Wit & Wisdom in W. Afr. i. 2 (heading) Proverbs in the Wolof tongue. 1879J. A. Farrer Primitive Manners & Customs iii. 92 The Wolof proverb, that ‘lies, though many, will be caught by Truth as soon as she rises up’. 1918Harvard Afr. Studies II. 98 De Rochebrune distinguishes the gluteal accumulation of fat commonly found in Wolof women and girls from true steatopygia. 1961F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk vii. 146 The word juke, as in the American juke box..has been traced by Turner to Wolof jug, to misconduct oneself. 1977J. Wyllie To catch a Viper (1979) vii. 45 The original African ethnic groupings such as those represented by the Yoruba, the old nations of Ashanti, Dahomey and Goshi and the Mossi, Mende, Mandinka and Wolof peoples.
b. Special collocation: jollof rice (see quot. 1982).
1959[see fufu]. 1966C. Achebe Man of People ii. 25 Whenever you allowed him a say in this matter he invariably came up with Jollof rice—his favourite dish. 1982G. M. Dalgish Dict. Africanisms 76/1 Jollof rice, a West African dish, a stew of fish, chicken or beef, tomatoes, onions, rice, and chili peppers; said to be ultimately of Sierra Leone origin. |