Dogonn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈdəʊɡɒn/, U.S.

/ˈdoʊˌɡɔn/,

/ˈdoʊˌɡɑn/, West African English

/ˈdoɡɔn/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, Dogons.

Origin: A borrowing from Dogon. Etymon: Dogon dogõ.

Etymology: < Dogon dogõ, self-designation. Compare French Dogom (1904 or earlier), German Dogon (1930 or earlier).

A. n.

1. A member of a people inhabiting the central region of Mali (formerly French Sudan), West Africa.

1935 J. J. Sweeney Afr. Negro Art Catal. 31 Dogon, region of Bandiagara.

1939 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 24 23 The findings of recent expeditions to the Dogon of the Sudan.

1970 C. A. Diop in E. Kedourie Nationalism in Asia & Afr. (1974) vii. 280 Such astronomical and mathematical knowledge, far from having totally disappeared in Black Africa, has on the contrary left traces..among the Dogons.

1988 G. A. Corbin Native Arts of N. Amer., Afr. & S. Pacific 120/1 The Dogon live in the bend of the Niger River in southeastern Mali.

2009 T. H. J. Marchand Masons of Djenné ix. 229 One of the two new additions to the team, a Dogon named Youssef.

2. Any of a group of tonal languages or dialects spoken by the Dogon, belonging to the Niger-Congo family; this group of languages as a whole.

1966 J. H. Greenberg Lang. Afr. ii. 8 An enumeration of the membership of the Niger-Congo family by tentative genetic subfamilies follows:..Gur:..Lobi-Dogon [branch]: Lobi,..Natioro, Dogon, Kulango.

1971 J. T. Bendor-Samuel in T. A. Sebeok Current Trends in Linguistics VII. 152 The question arises as to whether Dogon should be included within Gur. Typologically it appears to lack many of the characteristics which are common to the majority of Gur languages.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XI. 382/2 Soninke and Dogon are also related to Bambara; Dogon includes many dialects.

1995 J. Rouch in P. Hockings Princ. Visual Anthropol. 228 There are something like ten dialects in Dogon.

2002 K. Salak in I. Frazier Best Amer. Trav. Writing 2003 (2003) 243 She says something in Dogon to the village officer, who then translates to Assou, who translates to me.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating the Dogon or their language.

1941 Art Bull. 23 197 Many Iberian sculptures..strikingly recall African Negro carvings, especially those of the Dogon region of the Upper Niger in Sudan.

1959 Times 28 Oct. 4/5 An interesting collection of small, ritual carvings in wood made by the Tellem and Dogon tribes.

1970 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 33 457/2 Amid the welter of Dogon dialects that of Tòro came to be chosen for this study.

1999 S. Cox & R. Schwartz tr. C. Clément Theo's Odyssey xxv. 452 I'm French, not Dogon.

2009 T. H. J. Marchand Masons of Djenné Introd. 1 I yearned to see..the cliff-side houses and granaries of Dogon country.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dogon
释义	Dogonn.adj. Brit. /ˈdəʊɡɒn/, U.S. /ˈdoʊˌɡɔn/, /ˈdoʊˌɡɑn/, West African English /ˈdoɡɔn/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, Dogons. Origin: A borrowing from Dogon. Etymon: Dogon dogõ. Etymology: < Dogon dogõ, self-designation. Compare French Dogom (1904 or earlier), German Dogon (1930 or earlier). A. n. 1. A member of a people inhabiting the central region of Mali (formerly French Sudan), West Africa. Π 1935 J. J. Sweeney Afr. Negro Art Catal. 31 Dogon, region of Bandiagara. 1939 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 24 23 The findings of recent expeditions to the Dogon of the Sudan. 1970 C. A. Diop in E. Kedourie Nationalism in Asia & Afr. (1974) vii. 280 Such astronomical and mathematical knowledge, far from having totally disappeared in Black Africa, has on the contrary left traces..among the Dogons. 1988 G. A. Corbin Native Arts of N. Amer., Afr. & S. Pacific 120/1 The Dogon live in the bend of the Niger River in southeastern Mali. 2009 T. H. J. Marchand Masons of Djenné ix. 229 One of the two new additions to the team, a Dogon named Youssef. 2. Any of a group of tonal languages or dialects spoken by the Dogon, belonging to the Niger-Congo family; this group of languages as a whole. Π 1966 J. H. Greenberg Lang. Afr. ii. 8 An enumeration of the membership of the Niger-Congo family by tentative genetic subfamilies follows:..Gur:..Lobi-Dogon [branch]: Lobi,..Natioro, Dogon, Kulango. 1971 J. T. Bendor-Samuel in T. A. Sebeok Current Trends in Linguistics VII. 152 The question arises as to whether Dogon should be included within Gur. Typologically it appears to lack many of the characteristics which are common to the majority of Gur languages. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XI. 382/2 Soninke and Dogon are also related to Bambara; Dogon includes many dialects. 1995 J. Rouch in P. Hockings Princ. Visual Anthropol. 228 There are something like ten dialects in Dogon. 2002 K. Salak in I. Frazier Best Amer. Trav. Writing 2003 (2003) 243 She says something in Dogon to the village officer, who then translates to Assou, who translates to me. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the Dogon or their language. Π 1941 Art Bull. 23 197 Many Iberian sculptures..strikingly recall African Negro carvings, especially those of the Dogon region of the Upper Niger in Sudan. 1959 Times 28 Oct. 4/5 An interesting collection of small, ritual carvings in wood made by the Tellem and Dogon tribes. 1970 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 33 457/2 Amid the welter of Dogon dialects that of Tòro came to be chosen for this study. 1999 S. Cox & R. Schwartz tr. C. Clément Theo's Odyssey xxv. 452 I'm French, not Dogon. 2009 T. H. J. Marchand Masons of Djenné Introd. 1 I yearned to see..the cliff-side houses and granaries of Dogon country. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1935
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