单词 | kipsigis |
释义 | Kipsigisn. The name of a people inhabiting western Kenya, and their Nilotic language; a member of this people. Also attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > other peoples Galla1625 Afar1845 Nyasa1848 Kikuyu1849 Barotse1851 Makololo1853 Oromo1868 Baganda1872 Acholi1874 Makonde1883 Kamba1885 Luo1886 Ogoni1888 Turkana1894 Lango1902 Sebei1902 Suk1902 Wanderobo1902 Sapiny1909 Sandawe1924 Kipsigis1931 Pokot1937 the mind > language > languages of the world > Nilo-Saharan languages > [noun] > Nilotic group of > Southern Turkana1894 Nandi1902 Suk1902 Kipsigis1931 Kalenjin1957 1931 Africa 4 467 The Kipsigis and the other tribes speaking an almost identical language..are really pastoral in custom and thought, though they have ceased to be truly nomadic, like the Masai. 1939 E. E. Evans-Pritchard in J. G. Peristiany Social Inst. Kipsigis p. xx The Kipsigis are Nandi-speaking. 1939 E. E. Evans-Pritchard in J. G. Peristiany Social Inst. Kipsigis p. xxxi The Kipsigis clan (oret) is a totemic non-exogamous group of persons. 1939 J. G. Peristiany in J. G. Peristiany Social Inst. Kipsigis i. 1 The Kipsigis, also called Kipsigi or Kipsigisiek, are better known to the European as Lumbwa, a misnomer of unknown origin, as none of the neighbouring tribes seems to be responsible for this name. 1939 J. G. Peristiany in J. G. Peristiany Social Inst. Kipsigis xii. 231 The Kipsigis text accompanies the translation for the better understanding of Kipsigis thought. 1947 E. Afr. Ann. 1946–7 43/1 Nilo-Hamitic tribes such as the Nandi, Suk and Kipsigis. 1964 A. N. Tucker in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 445 The Kalenjin languages are spoken by two groups of non-Bantu speakers in the Rift Valley Province..the Nandi Group, comprising Nandi, Kipsigis, Keyo (‘Elgeyo’), Tugen (‘Kamasia’), Kony (‘Elgon’), Sabiny (‘Sabei’), and others. 1964 A. N. Tucker in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 445 The languages chosen here as representative are Nandi (with occasional reference to Kipsigis) and Western Päkot. 1971 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 10 Apr. 7/4 A fight..broke out between Kipsigis and Kisii tribesmen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1931 |
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