Mwamin.

Brit.

/(ə)ˈmwɑːmi/, U.S.

/(ə)ˈmwɑmi/

Forms: 1800s– Mwami, 1800s– Mwani, 1900s– Mwame.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Rwanda. Partly a borrowing from Rundi. Etymons: Rwanda umwami, Rundi umwami.

Etymology: < Rwanda umwami and its cognate Rundi umwami chief, king. O.E.D. Suppl. (1976) gives the pronunciation as (mwā·mi) /ˈmwɑːmɪ/.

Now historical.

In parts of central Africa: a monarch or ruler; spec. a monarch of either of the former African kingdoms of Ruanda and Urundi; also used as a title.On independence in 1962 Ruanda became the republic of Rwanda; Urundi remained a monarchy until 1966 when the Mwami was deposed by a coup and the country was renamed Burundi.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > other African

Negus1594

Mwami1860

Modjadji1897

1860 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. II. xiii. 70 The great Mwami or Sultan of Ujiji in 1858–59 was Rusimba. Under him were several mutware (mutwale) or minor chiefs.

1923 Glasgow Herald 30 Jan. 12 The Mwami or Sultan of Ruanda..was assisted in his administration of the country by a State religion, and he was in a sense the personification of the deity Imana.

1959 Times 9 Nov. 8/6 The Mwami (Paramount Chief) of Ruanda sent a letter..expressing regret that he is unable to come to Brussels, where he was to have been received by the king, with the Mwami of Urundi, in private audience.

1970 A. T. Grove Afr. South of Sahara (ed. 2) xi. 201/2 In Burundi the dead Mwami was sewed into the skin of a black bull for burial.

1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 13 Dec. 44/4 The court, an ephemeral collection of thatch huts, shifted to whatever part of the realm the king, or mwami, was from.

1996 United Nations & Rwanda (U.N. Blue Bks. 10th Ser.) ii. 9 In September 1961..the vote was overwhelmingly in favour of ending Mwami rule, allowing the newly elected Legislative Assembly to abolish the monarchy and install a republican regime.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mwami
释义	Mwamin. Brit. /(ə)ˈmwɑːmi/, U.S. /(ə)ˈmwɑmi/ Forms: 1800s– Mwami, 1800s– Mwani, 1900s– Mwame. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Rwanda. Partly a borrowing from Rundi. Etymons: Rwanda umwami, Rundi umwami. Etymology: < Rwanda umwami and its cognate Rundi umwami chief, king. O.E.D. Suppl. (1976) gives the pronunciation as (mwā·mi) /ˈmwɑːmɪ/. Now historical. In parts of central Africa: a monarch or ruler; spec. a monarch of either of the former African kingdoms of Ruanda and Urundi; also used as a title.On independence in 1962 Ruanda became the republic of Rwanda; Urundi remained a monarchy until 1966 when the Mwami was deposed by a coup and the country was renamed Burundi. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > other African Negus1594 Mwami1860 Modjadji1897 1860 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. II. xiii. 70 The great Mwami or Sultan of Ujiji in 1858–59 was Rusimba. Under him were several mutware (mutwale) or minor chiefs. 1923 Glasgow Herald 30 Jan. 12 The Mwami or Sultan of Ruanda..was assisted in his administration of the country by a State religion, and he was in a sense the personification of the deity Imana. 1959 Times 9 Nov. 8/6 The Mwami (Paramount Chief) of Ruanda sent a letter..expressing regret that he is unable to come to Brussels, where he was to have been received by the king, with the Mwami of Urundi, in private audience. 1970 A. T. Grove Afr. South of Sahara (ed. 2) xi. 201/2 In Burundi the dead Mwami was sewed into the skin of a black bull for burial. 1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 13 Dec. 44/4 The court, an ephemeral collection of thatch huts, shifted to whatever part of the realm the king, or mwami, was from. 1996 United Nations & Rwanda (U.N. Blue Bks. 10th Ser.) ii. 9 In September 1961..the vote was overwhelmingly in favour of ending Mwami rule, allowing the newly elected Legislative Assembly to abolish the monarchy and install a republican regime. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860
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