| 释义 |
Meru, n. and a.|ˈmɛruː|
Also Mweru.
[f. the name of a town and district in central Kenya.]
A. n.
a. A Bantu people inhabiting the Meru region of Kenya; also, a member of this people.
b. The language of this people.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Meru people or their language.
[1883R. N. Cust Sk. Mod. Lang. Afr. II. xii. 342 A little to the North of the Ma-Konde dwell the Wa-Mwera, not a large tribe, but..they have a separate language.] 1909J. H. Patterson In Grip of Nyika xxviii. 350 They approached, decked out in all the finery of the Meru belles, and each with a broad smile..selected a favourite warrior. 1910C. W. Hobley Ethnol. of A-Kamba vi. 156 Mweru is the name of a very large tribe living on the North and N.E. slopes of Kenia and on the Jombeni range. 1919H. H. Johnston Compar. Study Bantu & Semi-Bantu Lang. iii. 112 The Meru dialect..is said to be markedly distinct. It is spoken in the north-east portion of the Kikuyu area. 1942Man XLII. 58/1 To the north of the Mwimbi and Tharaka, near neighbours also of both the Kikuyu and Kamba peoples, are to be found the Meru-speaking peoples, numbering roughly some 150,000. Ibid. 59/1 The most significant feature of the Meru tribal organization is the intricate system of age grades which cuts across family and clan loyalties. 1944W. H. Laughton Meru 8 The Meru live in families in small groups of huts built on the numerous hillsides. 1953J. Middleton in Ethnogr. Survey Afr.: E. Cent. Afr. (Internat. Afr. Inst.) v. 40 The Meru have a system of age-sets based on circumcision. 1963Times 25 May 8/7 Fighting broke out when..Somalis surrounded the polling station..intent on preventing Turkana and Meru tribes people from voting. |