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Setswana|sɛtˈswɑːnə|
Also Sechuana, Sechoana, Sechwana, Secuana, † Sichuana.
[a. Tswana se-, prefix meaning ‘language’ + Tswana.]
= Tswana n. b. Also attrib. or as adj.
1811[see kori1]. 1815A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein's Trav. S. Afr. II. li. 407 Under the name of Beetjuana, Sihtjuana, or Muhtjuana are to be included all the tribes that inhabit the country which extends from the river Kurahman. 1824W. J. Burchell Trav. S. Afr. II. xi. 295 The Bachapins call this language the Sichuána. 1839W. C. Harris Wild Sports S. Afr. ii. 11 This..individual.. possessed a fair smattering of the English and Sichuana languages. 1850[see Bechuana]. 1905G. W Stow Native Races S. Afr. xxi. 407 The Bachoana proper, including the Batlapin, Barolong, etc., speaking the Sechoana and Serolong. 1916S. T. Plaatje Sechuana Proverbs 15/1 The present confusion..is apt to hamper missionary enterprise among Sechuana-speaking Natives. 1919H. H. Johnston Bantu & Semi-Bantu Langs. iii. 317 Secuana dialects are spoken in Bechuanaland, north of the 28th degree of South latitude. 1935A. L. James Broadcast Word i. 10 There is a story told of the Bechuana that..the early missionaries taught them the Lord's Prayer in the native language, Sechuana. 1961L. van der Post Heart of Hunter i. vii. 110 A language they had evolved in the course of the journey out of a little Swahili, some Sechuana and a lot of onomatopœia. 1964D. Varaday Gara-Yaka xii. 108 When at a loss for a word he helped himself in Afrikaans, Chivenda, Sechwana, Zulu, and Shangaan. 1977‘J. McVean’ Bloodspoor iii. 22 Morena. ‘Chief.’ The Setswana term for any white man of authority. |