单词 | fulani |
释义 | Fulanin.adj. A. n. 1. = Fula n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Sudan > [noun] Kababish1790 Nuba1790 Shilluk1790 Fulani1839 Nuer1861 Hausa1879 Uduk1927 1839 J. Davidson Notes Trav. Afr. 100 This morning we have heard more bad news: the Fulání are said to have been again beaten, with immense loss. 1855 S. Crowther Jrnl. Exped. Niger 147 We had not seen a real Filani, till we came to the neighbourhood of Hamaruwa. 1957 Encycl. Brit. I. 312/1 The most important non-Negro group to be found in the region is the Fulani (Fula, Peul), a people of white Mediterranean race closely related to the Berbers. 1982 B. Emecheta Destination Biafra i. 8 In Nigeria..there are smaller groups..surrounding each major tribe... Around the Hausas you have..the Fulanis. 2006 Church Times 1 Sept. 4/2 A Christian Fulani, crippled by polio.., has completed a 46-day, 4000-mile cycle ride around Britain's coast. 2. = Fula n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Fulah Wolof1823 Fula1848 Fulfulde1857 Pullo1858 Fulani1891 Peul1932 Fulbe1967 1891 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 13 564 Some of the natives speak Fulani, but the majority speak Wute. 1931 C. K. Meek Sudanese Kingdom iv. 184 Mlle. Homburge has recently written a paper attempting to prove a close connection between Ancient Egyptian, Fulani, Sudanic, and Bantu. 1998 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 448/2 There are also indigenous scripts for at least two languages—Fulani and Wolof—in the Atlantic group. B. adj. = Fula adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Sudan > [adjective] Fula1794 Fellata1820 Fulani1839 Nuba1855 Pullo1856 Fulbe1857 Uduk1927 Peul1935 the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [adjective] > of or relating to Fulah Fula1794 Fulani1839 Fulbe1857 Fulfulde1857 1839 J. Davidson Notes Trav. Afr. 97 Things have now changed. The government is now Fulání. 1860 R. Campbell Pilgrimage to Motherland ix. 105 Every person in Ilorin is said to speak both the Aku and Fulanee languages. 1932 J. Cary Aissa Saved i. 6 A half-bred Fulani girl with big soft eyes and a fine golden skin. 1989 M. Hudson Our Grandmothers' Drums iv. 60 The Fulani herdsmen and farmers had risen against the Mandinka kings of Kaabu. 2006 C. N. Adichie Half Yellow Sun (2007) ix. 139 I dressed as a Fulani nomad. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1839 |
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