单词 | lunda |
释义 | lundan.1 A Scandinavian name for: the puffin. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > fratercula arctica (puffin) scout1596 willock1606 bottlenose1620 parrot1664 sea-parrot1664 guldenhead1676 coulterneb1678 mullet1678 puffin1678 cockandy1684 sea-coulter1684 bowger1698 norie1701 tammie norie1701 popea1705 lunda1744 rock-bird1765 puffin-auk1768 tommy noddy1769 Tomnoddy1771 Tommya1777 Tomnorry1793 Tommy1828 sea-owl1842 1744 Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 612 Greenland produces..Cormorants, Lunders, Parrots [etc.]. 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. Lunda, vide Puffin. 1893 A. Newton Dict. Birds Lunda. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2020). Lundan.2adj. A. n.2 1. A member of any of several peoples mainly inhabiting northern Zambia and adjoining areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [noun] > other peoples of Southern Africa Zimba1625 Tambouki1786 Hottentot1795 Morolong1815 Oorlam1815 Barolong1823 Tembu1827 Fingo1829 Ngwaketsea1832 Ovaherero1851 Lunda1857 Herero1862 Swazi1878 Magwamba1884 Khoisan1929 Rolong1937 1857 D. Livingstone in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 27 349 Native Portuguese..are employed by the Angolese merchants to trade with Matiamvo..the paramount chief of the negro tribes called Londa (Lunda) or Balonda. 1960 I. Cunnison tr. A. C. P. Gamitto King Kazembe II. ii. 116 The pure descendants of the conquered chief are called Shila, and they live..quite isolated, and without any intercourse with the Lunda. 2019 Zambian Eye (Nexis) 20 July How can you have a government without Lozi people, Luvales, Lundas, Tongas and others... We need an inclusive government. 2. The Bantu language of the Lunda. ΘΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > Bantu languages Kaffir1820 Swahilese1833 Sesotho1846 Chagga1849 Kikuyu1849 Mitshi1854 Manganja1859 Bantu1866 Kavirondo1870 Luganda1876 Sotho1876 Fan1883 Gogo1883 Lunda1883 Nyamwezi1883 Kioko1884 Barotse1888 Ganda1891 Tumbuka1891 Chichewa1897 Bemba1902 Nyanja1902 Rwanda1902 Lingala1903 Sepedi1905 Ila1907 Lamba1907 Chewa1908 Venda1908 Ngoni1911 Munchi1913 Meru1921 Yao1924 Lozi1937 Nguni1939 Ndembu1945 Mwera1947 Sango1948 Ovambo1953 Sukuma1969 Tiv1976 1883 R. N. Cust Sketch Mod. Langs. Afr. II. xii. 399 Lúnda,..is the central language of Africa South of the Equator, and is mentioned by travellers both from the East and West Coast. 1986 K. Katzner Langs. of World (rev. ed.) iii. 361 Among the many other languages [spoken in Zaïre] are Mongo.., of the central regions..and Lunda.., of the south. 2015 Times of Zambia (Nexis) 28 Feb. He explained himself so well in ci-Bemba and went further to speak Lunda, the language he was said was his wife's dialect. B. adj. Of, belonging to, or relating to the Lunda or their language. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [adjective] > other peoples of Southern Africa Siddi1737 Kaffir1763 Barolong1802 Setswana1811 Tambouki1827 Motswana1835 Swazi1872 Lunda1879 Tswana1891 Tembu1927 Rolong1935 Batswana1953 the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [adjective] > of or relating to Bantu languages Kaffir1588 Kongo1597 Xhosa1812 Amapondo1830 Zulu1839 Sesotho1844 Swahilian1846 Kikuyu1850 Bantu1858 Fan1861 Amandebele1872 Nyamwezi1872 Wagogo1878 Lunda1879 Luganda1882 Sotho1883 Gogo1891 Tonga1891 Chichewa1897 Ronga1897 Bemba1904 Ila1907 Tsonga1907 Meru1908 Chewa1909 Venda1913 Lingala1922 Luba1922 Pedi1922 Nyanja1923 Nguni1929 Ndebele1930 Lobedu1937 Tiv1939 Mongo1961 Siswati1964 1879 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1 738 Dr. Buchner was preparing..to resume his march towards the Lunda country. 1911 Encycl. Brit. III. 362/2 There is a treatise on the Lunda language of the south-western part of the Belgian Congo, in Portuguese, by Henrique de Carvalho. 1957 V. W. Turner Schism & Continuity in Afr. Society i. 2 Kanongecha's migration occurred at about the same time as the migrations of other Lunda leaders. 2018 Africa News (Nexis) 13 Feb. The exhibition of the dance style by the children shows that the Lunda culture is well preserved. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.11744n.2adj.1857 |
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