ahoin.

Brit.

/əˈhɔɪ/, U.S.

/əˈhɔɪ/, East African English

/aˈhoi/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, ahois.

Origin: A borrowing from Kikuyu. Etymon: Kikuyu ahoi.

Etymology: < Kikuyu ahoi, < a- , plural class prefix denoting people + -hoi (see muhoi n.). Compare muhoi n.Originally a plural, but also used as a singular in English (sometimes with a secondary plural form in -s ). The Kikuyu singular is mũhoi (see muhoi n.).

East African.

A body or class of people who have been given the right to cultivate a plot of land without payment; tenants at will. Also as a count noun: a tenant of this type. Cf. muhoi n. (the usual singular form).

ΚΠ

1932 Jrnl. E. Afr. & Uganda Nat. Hist. Soc. Apr. 62 These ahoi, or permittees, and their descendants might not be evicted, unless for criminal practices.

1977 Ngu˜gi˜ wa Thiong'o Petals of Blood ii. 9 Some of the famous houses had had so much wealth in cows and goats they would get ahois and hangers-on to work for them.

2015 Kwani? 8 339 They form a community of Ahoi with the Lord among them.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	ahoi
释义	ahoin. Brit. /əˈhɔɪ/, U.S. /əˈhɔɪ/, East African English /aˈhoi/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, ahois. Origin: A borrowing from Kikuyu. Etymon: Kikuyu ahoi. Etymology: < Kikuyu ahoi, < a- , plural class prefix denoting people + -hoi (see muhoi n.). Compare muhoi n.Originally a plural, but also used as a singular in English (sometimes with a secondary plural form in -s ). The Kikuyu singular is mũhoi (see muhoi n.). East African. A body or class of people who have been given the right to cultivate a plot of land without payment; tenants at will. Also as a count noun: a tenant of this type. Cf. muhoi n. (the usual singular form). ΚΠ 1932 Jrnl. E. Afr. & Uganda Nat. Hist. Soc. Apr. 62 These ahoi, or permittees, and their descendants might not be evicted, unless for criminal practices. 1977 Ngu˜gi˜ wa Thiong'o Petals of Blood ii. 9 Some of the famous houses had had so much wealth in cows and goats they would get ahois and hangers-on to work for them. 2015 Kwani? 8 339 They form a community of Ahoi with the Lord among them. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1932
随便看	in process of time in procinct in production in profile in profit in progress in progression in prompt in proof in proper in proper person in proportion in proportion as in proposition in propria persona in prosecution in prospect in prospective in prototype in public in punto in pup in purchase in purdah in purfle