| 释义 |
Lozi|ˈləʊzɪ|
[Native name.]
A. n.
a. A Bantu people inhabiting Zambia.
b. Their language.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Lozi.
1948M. Guthrie Classification Bantu Lang. 53 Nominals are used as sentences. For example,..in Lozi..ze kilitipa ‘these are the knives’. 1949M. Gluckman in M. Fortes Social Struct. 146 The Lozi.. call them Mawiko, ‘the people of the West’. Ibid., I worked through Lozi, a lingua franca which most Wiko men..speak and understand. Ibid. 151 The hostility of the Wiko..to their Lozi and Kwongwa neighbours. 1953D. T. Cole in D. Hymes Lang. in Culture & Society (1964) viii. 549/1 These [languages] include..Lozi of Barotseland in Northern Rhodesia. 1959G. D. Mitchell Sociol. 82 We shall be concerned with the Lozi system, which since British influence has undergone some modifications. 1967Economist 11 Nov. 617/1 The..conference..saw Barotseland's Lozi leaders lose much of their status in the party... Barotseland's development is lagging behind..because of..Lozi cultural indifference... Mr Kaunda could galvanise the Lozis into political co-operation. 1972Times 18 Sept. 12/4 President Kaunda of Zambia has had to face..a Lozi challenge. |