Mweran.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmwɛːrə/, U.S.

/ˈmwɛrə/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Origin: Perhaps a borrowing from Mwera. Etymon: Mwera Mwera.

Etymology: Perhaps < Mwera or a neighbouring language Mwera, lit. ‘south, south wind’, in reference to the situation of the people.

A. n.

1. The Bantu language of a people inhabiting an area of south-eastern Tanzania north of the Makonde people.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > Bantu languages

Kaffir1820

Swahilese1833

Sesotho1846

Chagga1849

Kikuyu1849

Mitshi1854

Manganja1859

Bantu1866

Kavirondo1870

Luganda1876

Sotho1876

Fan1883

Gogo1883

Lunda1883

Nyamwezi1883

Kioko1884

Barotse1888

Ganda1891

Tumbuka1891

Chichewa1897

Bemba1902

Nyanja1902

Rwanda1902

Lingala1903

Sepedi1905

Ila1907

Lamba1907

Chewa1908

Venda1908

Ngoni1911

Munchi1913

Meru1921

Yao1924

Lozi1937

Nguni1939

Ndembu1945

Mwera1947

Sango1948

Ovambo1953

Sukuma1969

Tiv1976

1947 L. Harries in Jrnl. Afr. Stud. 6 21/1 In Mwera, the poser of the riddle begins by saying Nda.

1987 B. Wald in B. Comrie World's Major Langs. I. 1001 The locative classes..can be directly prefixed to nouns in most Bantu languages, cf. coastal southern Tanzanian Mwera..pa-ndu ‘at a place’.

1998 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 386/2 A neighbouring group, not quite so closely related, consists of Makonde..with Mwera (3500,000, Tanzania) and Yao.

2. A member of this people.

1883 R. N. Cust Sketch Mod. Langs. Afr. II. xii. 342 A little to the North of the Ma-Konde dwell the Wa-Mwera, not a large tribe, but..they have a separate language.]

1957 Man 57 176/1 The Songea Ngoni were and remain contemptuous of the easily defeated peoples who comprised the remainder of the neighbouring and nearby tribes, e.g. the Kinga, Pangwa, Makua, Ngindo, Matengo, Mwera, et al.

1976 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 36 655 (table) Tribe... Mwera (Lindi)... Media of Exchange..hoes, gunpowder, bark-cloth, and iron.

1991 T. Pekenham Scramble for Afr. (1992) xxxiv. 619 A hundred miles to the south, among the stateless Mwera.

B. adj.

Of or relating to this people or their language.

1947 L. Harries in Jrnl. Afr. Stud. 6 21/1 The telling of riddles still plays an important part in Mwera social or family life.

1967 Jrnl. Afr. Hist. 8 499 Of the Mwera and Matumbi leaders, Selemani Mamba, Chekenje, and Abdallah Kitambi appear on a list of headmen involved in the programme.

1979 Jrnl. Afr. Hist 11 75 Matol II gained very many slaves in these campaigns.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mwera
释义	Mweran.adj. Brit. /ˈmwɛːrə/, U.S. /ˈmwɛrə/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Origin: Perhaps a borrowing from Mwera. Etymon: Mwera Mwera. Etymology: Perhaps < Mwera or a neighbouring language Mwera, lit. ‘south, south wind’, in reference to the situation of the people. A. n. 1. The Bantu language of a people inhabiting an area of south-eastern Tanzania north of the Makonde people. ΘΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > Bantu languages Kaffir1820 Swahilese1833 Sesotho1846 Chagga1849 Kikuyu1849 Mitshi1854 Manganja1859 Bantu1866 Kavirondo1870 Luganda1876 Sotho1876 Fan1883 Gogo1883 Lunda1883 Nyamwezi1883 Kioko1884 Barotse1888 Ganda1891 Tumbuka1891 Chichewa1897 Bemba1902 Nyanja1902 Rwanda1902 Lingala1903 Sepedi1905 Ila1907 Lamba1907 Chewa1908 Venda1908 Ngoni1911 Munchi1913 Meru1921 Yao1924 Lozi1937 Nguni1939 Ndembu1945 Mwera1947 Sango1948 Ovambo1953 Sukuma1969 Tiv1976 1947 L. Harries in Jrnl. Afr. Stud. 6 21/1 In Mwera, the poser of the riddle begins by saying Nda. 1987 B. Wald in B. Comrie World's Major Langs. I. 1001 The locative classes..can be directly prefixed to nouns in most Bantu languages, cf. coastal southern Tanzanian Mwera..pa-ndu ‘at a place’. 1998 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 386/2 A neighbouring group, not quite so closely related, consists of Makonde..with Mwera (3500,000, Tanzania) and Yao. 2. A member of this people. Π 1883 R. N. Cust Sketch Mod. Langs. Afr. II. xii. 342 A little to the North of the Ma-Konde dwell the Wa-Mwera, not a large tribe, but..they have a separate language.] 1957 Man 57 176/1 The Songea Ngoni were and remain contemptuous of the easily defeated peoples who comprised the remainder of the neighbouring and nearby tribes, e.g. the Kinga, Pangwa, Makua, Ngindo, Matengo, Mwera, et al. 1976 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 36 655 (table) Tribe... Mwera (Lindi)... Media of Exchange..hoes, gunpowder, bark-cloth, and iron. 1991 T. Pekenham Scramble for Afr. (1992) xxxiv. 619 A hundred miles to the south, among the stateless Mwera. B. adj. Of or relating to this people or their language. Π 1947 L. Harries in Jrnl. Afr. Stud. 6 21/1 The telling of riddles still plays an important part in Mwera social or family life. 1967 Jrnl. Afr. Hist. 8 499 Of the Mwera and Matumbi leaders, Selemani Mamba, Chekenje, and Abdallah Kitambi appear on a list of headmen involved in the programme. 1979 Jrnl. Afr. Hist 11 75 Matol II gained very many slaves in these campaigns. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1947
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