dongan.

Brit.

/ˈdɒŋɡə/, U.S.

/ˈdɑŋɡə/,

/ˈdɔŋɡə/, South African English

/ˈdɒŋɡə/

Etymology: Apparently partly < an African language, and partly < a language of New Guinea.

Chiefly South African.

A channel or gully formed by the action of water; a ravine or watercourse with steep sides. (See also quots. 1964, 1966.)

ΚΠ

1879 Daily News 20 June 5/6 A donga was safely crossed. A donga..would be called..in Scotland, a gully.

1893 J. T. Bent Ruined Cities Mashonaland xii. 374 The culverts which they had made over the dongas.

1948 H. Drake-Brockman in B. James Austral. Short Stories (1963) 2nd Ser. 102 There were..brilliant flowers in the dongas after it had rained.

1964 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 9 Aug. 20/5 The Government Administration [of New Guinea] builds and supplies homes for its employees. These are called ‘dongas’.

1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) viii. 177 Donga, any gully or depression in which men could settle themselves in order to loaf... Also used both in Tobruk and New Guinea for a makeshift shelter... Not long after the end of World War II, the word acquired use among New Guinea's white population for a house.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	donga
释义	dongan. Brit. /ˈdɒŋɡə/, U.S. /ˈdɑŋɡə/, /ˈdɔŋɡə/, South African English /ˈdɒŋɡə/ Etymology: Apparently partly < an African language, and partly < a language of New Guinea. Chiefly South African. A channel or gully formed by the action of water; a ravine or watercourse with steep sides. (See also quots. 1964, 1966.) ΚΠ 1879 Daily News 20 June 5/6 A donga was safely crossed. A donga..would be called..in Scotland, a gully. 1893 J. T. Bent Ruined Cities Mashonaland xii. 374 The culverts which they had made over the dongas. 1948 H. Drake-Brockman in B. James Austral. Short Stories (1963) 2nd Ser. 102 There were..brilliant flowers in the dongas after it had rained. 1964 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 9 Aug. 20/5 The Government Administration [of New Guinea] builds and supplies homes for its employees. These are called ‘dongas’. 1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) viii. 177 Donga, any gully or depression in which men could settle themselves in order to loaf... Also used both in Tobruk and New Guinea for a makeshift shelter... Not long after the end of World War II, the word acquired use among New Guinea's white population for a house. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1879
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