Nagon.adj.

Brit.

/ˈnɑːɡəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈnɑɡoʊ/, West African English

/ˈnaɡo/

Inflections: Plural Nagoes, Nagos, unchanged.

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Gbe. Etymon: Gbe Anagó.

Etymology: Probably < Gbe Anagó a Yoruba (perhaps also in form *Nagó; initial vowels are often dropped in Gbe) < Yoruba Ànàgó a Yoruba from Abeokuta Province, Nigeria. Compare Krio nagó, Brazilian Portuguese nagó, Cuban Spanish anagó, French nago (early 18th cent.), all in sense ‘a person of Yoruba origin’, and the following:1958 R. C. Abraham Yoruba–Eng. Dict. 55/1 In Ìpókìyà (Ìláàró Division of Abẹ́òkúta Province) live the Ànàgó type of Yorùbá.Compare also West African French (Benin, Togo, Ivory Coast) anago, nago, nagot (pejorative) shopkeeper, pedlar. F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967), s.v. Nago and Dict. Bahamian Eng. (1982), s.v. Nango also record senses of the English word with negative or derogatory meanings.

A. n.

1. A member of a Yoruba people inhabiting the coastal areas of modern-day Nigeria and Benin; spec. a member of this people taken to the Caribbean or South America as a slave; a descendant of such a person.In the Caribbean and South America, the term appears to have been used with little discrimination to refer to any person of Yoruba origin.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of West Africa > [noun] > person

Nago1775

Fan1861

1775 Jamaica Gaz. 25 Mar. [A man] of the Nago country..says his master died when he was a boy and has been run-away ever since.

1793 B. Edwards Hist. Brit. Colonies W. Indies II. 73 Many of the Whidah Negroes are found to be circumcised... It is practised universally by the Nagoes.

1825 R. Bickell W. Indies as they Are i. 43 Frank, a Nago, 5 ft 7¼ in. no brand-mark, country marks on his face.

1949 Caribbean Q. 1 i. 11 33 were Nagoes..from the Slave Coast.

1969 Afr. Lang. Rev. 8 58 The Nago are a coastal subtribe of the Yoruba from the Dahomey border region.

1975 Jrnl. Black Stud. 6 195 The Fón of Dahomey, neighbors of the Yoruba, refer to the Yoruba as ‘Nago’ and this same term persists in Cuba today.

1989 Jrnl. Black Stud. 19 404 The former group placed great emphasis on the Nâgo (Yoruba) festivals of Nigeria.

2. The Niger–Congo language (a dialect of Yoruba) spoken by this people; (also) a patois based partly on this, spoken in Brazil.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > pidgins and creoles > [noun] > other spec.

trade language1662

lingua franca1666

Mobilian1840

lingua geral1841

Nago1884

Papiamentu1895

Police Motu1933

Sango1948

Macanese1962

1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 319/1 The chief Negro and Negroid races and languages... Dahoman, Nago, Otyi, Yoruba.

1939 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 4 530 Gradually, there came into general use, especially among the negros de ganho, a common language known as nagô which facilitated intercommunication.

1942 D. Pierson Negroes in Brazil iii. 73 It is likely that Nagô was not maintained in a pure form but came to be a patois containing numerous elements from other African dialects as well as from Portuguese.

1968 W. J. Samarin in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. 665 As linguistic curios a few others might be cited:..Nago, probably based on Yoruba and ultimately used only in certain Brazilian pseudo-African cults.

B. adj.

Of or relating to the Nago people or their language.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of West Africa > [adjective]

Akani1686

Ashantian1705

Igbo1732

Mandingo1744

Nago1775

Temne1791

Wolof1828

Nupe1829

Kru1835

Gola1843

Mpongwe1844

Efik1849

Yoruban1853

Mossi1854

Fulbe1857

Ewe1861

Fan1861

Ibibio1862

Akan1863

Fon1864

Soninke1870

Mende1872

Ijo1883

Mande1883

Yoruba1883

Mitshi1892

Benin1893

Munchi1908

Yakö1926

Tallensi1936

Tiv1939

Limba1954

Kissi1957

Loma1957

1775Nago country [see sense A. 1].

1941 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 26 246 There were also the Nagô or Yoruba Negroes who introduced to Bahia culture patterns directly from Nigeria.

1961 M. Grene tr. J. Jahn Muntu: Outl. Neo-Afr. Culture ii. 42 The Nago (Yoruba) and Ibo rites, which also come from Guinea, have been almost altogether absorbed in the Arada rite.

1989 H. L. Gates Signifying Monkey i. 35 Despite Esu's open-endedness..we must draw conclusions about his role in Yoruba, Fon, Lucumi, and Nago discourse as the figure of formal language use and its interpretation.

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

单词	nago
释义	Nagon.adj. Brit. /ˈnɑːɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˈnɑɡoʊ/, West African English /ˈnaɡo/ Inflections: Plural Nagoes, Nagos, unchanged. Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Probably a borrowing from Gbe. Etymon: Gbe Anagó. Etymology: Probably < Gbe Anagó a Yoruba (perhaps also in form Nagó; initial vowels are often dropped in Gbe) < Yoruba Ànàgó* a Yoruba from Abeokuta Province, Nigeria. Compare Krio nagó, Brazilian Portuguese nagó, Cuban Spanish anagó, French nago (early 18th cent.), all in sense ‘a person of Yoruba origin’, and the following:1958 R. C. Abraham Yoruba–Eng. Dict. 55/1 In Ìpókìyà (Ìláàró Division of Abẹ́òkúta Province) live the Ànàgó type of Yorùbá.Compare also West African French (Benin, Togo, Ivory Coast) anago, nago, nagot (pejorative) shopkeeper, pedlar. F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967), s.v. Nago and Dict. Bahamian Eng. (1982), s.v. Nango also record senses of the English word with negative or derogatory meanings. A. n. 1. A member of a Yoruba people inhabiting the coastal areas of modern-day Nigeria and Benin; spec. a member of this people taken to the Caribbean or South America as a slave; a descendant of such a person.In the Caribbean and South America, the term appears to have been used with little discrimination to refer to any person of Yoruba origin. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of West Africa > [noun] > person Nago1775 Fan1861 1775 Jamaica Gaz. 25 Mar. [A man] of the Nago country..says his master died when he was a boy and has been run-away ever since. 1793 B. Edwards Hist. Brit. Colonies W. Indies II. 73 Many of the Whidah Negroes are found to be circumcised... It is practised universally by the Nagoes. 1825 R. Bickell W. Indies as they Are i. 43 Frank, a Nago, 5 ft 7¼ in. no brand-mark, country marks on his face. 1949 Caribbean Q. 1 i. 11 33 were Nagoes..from the Slave Coast. 1969 Afr. Lang. Rev. 8 58 The Nago are a coastal subtribe of the Yoruba from the Dahomey border region. 1975 Jrnl. Black Stud. 6 195 The Fón of Dahomey, neighbors of the Yoruba, refer to the Yoruba as ‘Nago’ and this same term persists in Cuba today. 1989 Jrnl. Black Stud. 19 404 The former group placed great emphasis on the Nâgo (Yoruba) festivals of Nigeria. 2. The Niger–Congo language (a dialect of Yoruba) spoken by this people; (also) a patois based partly on this, spoken in Brazil. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > pidgins and creoles > [noun] > other spec. trade language1662 lingua franca1666 Mobilian1840 lingua geral1841 Nago1884 Papiamentu1895 Police Motu1933 Sango1948 Macanese1962 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 319/1 The chief Negro and Negroid races and languages... Dahoman, Nago, Otyi, Yoruba. 1939 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 4 530 Gradually, there came into general use, especially among the negros de ganho, a common language known as nagô which facilitated intercommunication. 1942 D. Pierson Negroes in Brazil iii. 73 It is likely that Nagô was not maintained in a pure form but came to be a patois containing numerous elements from other African dialects as well as from Portuguese. 1968 W. J. Samarin in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. 665 As linguistic curios a few others might be cited:..Nago, probably based on Yoruba and ultimately used only in certain Brazilian pseudo-African cults. B. adj. Of or relating to the Nago people or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of West Africa > [adjective] Akani1686 Ashantian1705 Igbo1732 Mandingo1744 Nago1775 Temne1791 Wolof1828 Nupe1829 Kru1835 Gola1843 Mpongwe1844 Efik1849 Yoruban1853 Mossi1854 Fulbe1857 Ewe1861 Fan1861 Ibibio1862 Akan1863 Fon1864 Soninke1870 Mende1872 Ijo1883 Mande1883 Yoruba1883 Mitshi1892 Benin1893 Munchi1908 Yakö1926 Tallensi1936 Tiv1939 Limba1954 Kissi1957 Loma1957 1775Nago country [see sense A. 1]. 1941 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 26 246 There were also the Nagô or Yoruba Negroes who introduced to Bahia culture patterns directly from Nigeria. 1961 M. Grene tr. J. Jahn Muntu: Outl. Neo-Afr. Culture ii. 42 The Nago (Yoruba) and Ibo rites, which also come from Guinea, have been almost altogether absorbed in the Arada rite. 1989 H. L. Gates Signifying Monkey i. 35 Despite Esu's open-endedness..we must draw conclusions about his role in Yoruba, Fon, Lucumi, and Nago discourse as the figure of formal language use and its interpretation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1775
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