单词 | amangqika |
释义 | Amangqikan. South African. = One of the major branches of the Rharhabe division of the Xhosa people, centred mainly in the Eastern Cape province; = Ngqika n. ΚΠ c1847 H. H. Dugmore in J. Maclean Compend. Kafir Laws (1866) i. 8 The Amangqika possess the whole of the Amatoli range of mountains, from the colonial frontier to the banks of the Kei. 1866 W. C. Holden Past & Future of Kaffir Races 146 Of the various tribes..the first in rank are the Amagcaleka... The second is that of Amangqika (Sandili's tribe) which, including the smaller tribes of the Imidange and Amambala that are dependent upon it, may also be estimated at 70,000. 1929 Man 29 84 The so-called ‘Kaffirs’ of the Eastern Province and Native Territories of the Cape, comprising mainly the AmaXosa (AmaNgqika, AmaGcaleka, AmaNdlambe, etc.). 1971 J. Meintjes Sandile 12 The powerful tribe of ama-Rarabe was badly weakened when it split up into the rival factions of ama-Ngqika and ama-Ndlambe. 2016 J. C. Oosthuysen Gram. isiXhosa Introd. p. v It is the language spoken by the amaNgqika and the amaGcaleka, the two branches of the amaXhosa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1847 |
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