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单词 lugbara
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Lugbaraadj.n.

Brit. /lʊɡˈbɑːrə/, U.S. /lʊɡˈbɑrə/, East African English /luɡˈbara/
Inflections: Plural Lugbaras, unchanged.
Forms: 1900s– Logbara, 1900s– Logbware, 1900s– Logwara, 1900s– Logware, 1900s– Logwari, 1900s– Lugbara, 1900s– Lugbwara, 1900s– Lugbware, 1900s– Lugwara, 1900s– Lugware, 1900s– Lugwari.
Origin: A borrowing from Lugbara. Etymon: Lugbara Lugbara.
Etymology: < Lugbara Lugbara, self-designation. Compare French Lugbara (1899 as Lugwara, or earlier).In Lugbara, the language is called Lugbarati, and the orthographic sequence gb represents a single consonant phoneme.
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).
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adj.n.1907
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