Mashonan.adj.
/məˈʃɒnə/, /məˈʃəʊnə/, /məˈʃɔːnə/, U.S. /məˈʃoʊnə/, /məˈʃɑnə/ A. n.
1. A member of any of the Shona peoples of southern Africa, esp. those of Zimbabwe. See Shona n.
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Swahili1814
Chagga1823
Mashona1835
Wagogo1840
Wachagga1849
Tumbuka1850
Sukuma1860
Wanyamwezi1860
Babemba1867
Kavirondo1870
Nyamwezi1885
Bemba1887
Chewa1887
Shangaan1887
Rwanda1889
Awemba1890
Yao1894
Ngoni1899
Nyanja1899
Kisii1905
Ganda1906
Meru1908
Lamba1909
Hutu1922
Lozi1935
Ila1956
Gogo1957
1835 A. Smith Diary 10 Sept. (1940) II. 222 The Bakalaka and the Mashoona speak a different language to the Bechuanas.
1846 H. H. Methuen Life in Wilderness vi. 143 To the north-east the land becomes mountainous, and the Mashona, a tribe possessing guns, inhabit it.
1895 G. W. H. Knight-Bruce Memories Mashonaland ii. 41 The Mashona..are very fond of meat, but they hardly ever get it.To give him meat is the one way that will nearly always ensure a wild Mashona working well.
1936 J. Buchan Island of Sheep iv. 68 They are Mashonas and are timid as rabbits.
1977 Rolling Stone 30 June 66/2 The blacks are..divided into two main tribal groups, the Matabele and the Mashona, and these two old enemies are subdivided into many lesser entities too.
1992 D. Lessing Afr. Laughter 440 Historians disagree over the extent of the Mata-bele harassment of the Mashona, who were never a warlike people.
2. The Bantu language of the Shona peoples. rare.
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Mashona1894
Shona1930
1894 A. M. Hartmann (title) English–Mashona dictionary.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or designating the Shona peoples or their language.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > Bantu peoples
Wagogo1840
Swahilian1846
Tumbuka1850
Wanyamwezi1860
Rwanda1864
Nyasa1887
Ngoni1891
Mashona1893
Ganda1894
Ila1907
Meru1908
Chewa1909
Yao1910
Nyanja1923
Lozi1937
Nyamwezi1939
Sukuma1953
Lamba1956
Gogo1969
1893 A. M. Hartmann (title) A grammar of the Mashona language.
1896 Sci. African 78 The careful workmanship displayed in the crude musical instrument known as the Mashona piano.
1959 Chambers's Encycl. II. 107/2 In the Shona (Mashona) group [sc. of Bantu languages] there are about 40 dialectal forms.
1972 Police Rev. 24 Nov. 1521/1 Cecil John Rhodes..began negotiating..for rights to explore the mineral wealth of the regions east of the royal kraal at Bulawayo, at that time inhabited by the Mashona tribe.
1991 K. Maguire Politics in S. Afr. iii. 51 The ZANU government was based on the Mashona speakers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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