moko jumbyn.

Brit.

/ˈmɒkəʊ ˌdʒʌmbi/,

/ˈməʊkəʊ ˌdʒʌmbi/, U.S.

/ˈmɑkoʊ ˌdʒəmbi/,

/ˈmoʊkoʊ ˌdʒəmbi/, Caribbean English

/ˈmoːkoː ˌdʒʌmbi/,

/ˈmoːkoː ˌdʒʊmbi/

Forms: 1900s– mocka jumbie, 1900s– mockie jumbie, 1900s– mocko jumbe, 1900s– mocko jumbi, 1900s– mocko jumbie, 1900s– mocko jumby, 1900s– moco jumbie, 1900s– moko jumbi, 1900s– moko jumbie. Also with capital initials.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Moko n.¹, jumbie n.

Etymology: Apparently < Moko n.¹ (see etymological note at that entry) + jumbie n.Masquerade stilt-dancers are attested in southern Nigeria, the region from which the ‘Moko’ were said to have originated.

Caribbean.

A traditional character in a masquerade, representing a tall robed spirit of (originally) West African legend, and played by a male dancer on high stilts who wears a brightly coloured, sometimes female costume (see jumbie n.).

ΚΠ

1916 Port of Spain Gaz. 16 Aug. 8 He had found the Moko Jumbie to be indecent and had stopped it and had brought the Carnival to what it is today.

1956 Caribbean Q. 4 198 Moko Jumby, the stilt dancer, is known throughout the West Indies as a feature of John Canoe and other..fetes.

1981 F. Charles Signposts of Jumbie xxiii. 143 Look at dat Moko Jumbie twistin up e waist to de beat of de sweet pan.

1988 D. Brand in L. Hutcheon & M. Richmond Other Solitudes (1990) 269 Sometimes, she crawling like mapeepee snake; sometimes she walking tall, tall, like a moco jumbie through desert and darkness, desert and darkness, upside down and sideways.

1996 Boston Herald (Nexis) 8 Dec. 73 Cultural traditions such as the mocko jumbies, who wear masks and grass skirts and dance on 15-foot-high stilts.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moko jumby
释义	moko jumbyn. Brit. /ˈmɒkəʊ ˌdʒʌmbi/, /ˈməʊkəʊ ˌdʒʌmbi/, U.S. /ˈmɑkoʊ ˌdʒəmbi/, /ˈmoʊkoʊ ˌdʒəmbi/, Caribbean English /ˈmoːkoː ˌdʒʌmbi/, /ˈmoːkoː ˌdʒʊmbi/ Forms: 1900s– mocka jumbie, 1900s– mockie jumbie, 1900s– mocko jumbe, 1900s– mocko jumbi, 1900s– mocko jumbie, 1900s– mocko jumby, 1900s– moco jumbie, 1900s– moko jumbi, 1900s– moko jumbie. Also with capital initials. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Moko n.¹, jumbie n. Etymology: Apparently < Moko n.¹ (see etymological note at that entry) + jumbie n.Masquerade stilt-dancers are attested in southern Nigeria, the region from which the ‘Moko’ were said to have originated. Caribbean. A traditional character in a masquerade, representing a tall robed spirit of (originally) West African legend, and played by a male dancer on high stilts who wears a brightly coloured, sometimes female costume (see jumbie n.). ΚΠ 1916 Port of Spain Gaz. 16 Aug. 8 He had found the Moko Jumbie to be indecent and had stopped it and had brought the Carnival to what it is today. 1956 Caribbean Q. 4 198 Moko Jumby, the stilt dancer, is known throughout the West Indies as a feature of John Canoe and other..fetes. 1981 F. Charles Signposts of Jumbie xxiii. 143 Look at dat Moko Jumbie twistin up e waist to de beat of de sweet pan. 1988 D. Brand in L. Hutcheon & M. Richmond Other Solitudes (1990) 269 Sometimes, she crawling like mapeepee snake; sometimes she walking tall, tall, like a moco jumbie through desert and darkness, desert and darkness, upside down and sideways. 1996 Boston Herald (Nexis) 8 Dec. 73 Cultural traditions such as the mocko jumbies, who wear masks and grass skirts and dance on 15-foot-high stilts. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1916
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