单词 | ingubu |
释义 | ingubun. South African. Among the Zulu inhabitants of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal province): clothing. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > other disguise1340 disguisingc1386 shiftc1570 French cut1606 knaverya1616 small clothes1625 small storesa1643 nugging-dress1699 kilting1721 fancy dress1770 under-habit1772 man-millinery1790 sheen1802 costume1818 ingubu1833 bedizenment1837 tat1839 extravaganza1860 rational dress1873 rubber1876 pearly1890 new look1920 collection1921 Daks1933 smart casual1943 separates1945 trapeze1958 Carnaby Street1965 haute boutique1966 kinderwhore1994 1833 S. Kay Trav. Caffraria i. 37 He maintained that every thing around him, mountains, rivers, grass, cattle, and even his ingubu, ‘beast-skin garment’, proved the truth of what had been said respecting the being of a God. 1837 F. Owen Diary (1926) 25 They [sc. the natives] asked in exchange for their fowls, Indian corn and pumpkins, either handkerchiefs, blankets or ‘ingubo’ i.e. a mantle or carosse. 1837 F. Owen Diary (1926) 77 He..abruptly asked me what was the use of giving all that ingoobu to the children, alluding to the Kilts of Dingareen with which I have clothed the boys. 1860 W. Shaw My Mission in S.E. Afr. 406 A Kaffir wears this ingubu, or ‘kaross’, with the hairy side next to his skin, throwing it over his shoulders, from whence it hangs down to his ancles. 1899 G. Russell Hist. Old Durban ix. 187 Cast-off articles of European attire, known to the Natives as ‘Ingouboos’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833 |
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