单词 | lugbara |
释义 | Lugbaraadj.n. A. adj. Of, belonging to, or relating to the Lugbara (sense B. 1) or their language. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of the Democratic Republic of the Congo > [adjective] Kongo1597 Bakongo1840 Lugbara1907 Luba1957 1907 E. D. Morel Recent Evid. Congo 12 The State officials have declared the Lugwara region a closed district for traders. 1960 J. P. Crazzolara (title) A study of the Logbara..language, grammar and vocabulary. 2016 Africa News (Nexis) 17 June It is a fairytale rise to the pinnacle of Ugandan football which surprises even the staunchest supporters of Onduparaka, whose Lugbara name means ‘sorghum stalk’. B. n. 1. A member of a people mainly inhabiting north-western Uganda and the adjoining areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of the Democratic Republic of the Congo > [noun] Kongo1600 Bakongo1877 Kioko1884 Mongo1906 Lugbara1908 Luba1997 1908 Jrnl. Royal Afr. Soc. 7 140 Lugwara.—Four dotted parallel lines across the lower part of the forehead. 1974 Guardian 26 Mar. 1 Ondoga was a Lugbara from the western Nile. 2012 New Vision (Kampala) (Nexis) 26 Nov. The Burundian and Rwandan shamba boys came to be outnumbered by Lugbaras coming from West Nile and north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to do sugarcane cutting. 2. The Central Sudanic language of the Lugbara. ΘΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Nilo-Saharan languages > [noun] > Sudanic Nubian1605 Sudanic1817 Lugbara1921 Uduk1932 Pokot1951 1921 Moody Bible Inst. Monthly Sept. We have just finished the book of Mark in Lugbara. 1969 J. Middleton in M. Douglas & P. M. Kaberry Man in Afr. iv. 263 The generic term for oracle in Lugbara is andrii. 2019 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 1 Sept. The atmosphere was angelic and electric with choirs from Arua, Gulu, Lira and Moyo performing traditional hymns and local compositions in English, Luo, Lugbara and Madi. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < adj.n.1907 |
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