Nilo-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Nile , -o- connective.

Etymology: < the name of the river Nile (see Nile n.) + -o- connective.Formations in English are found from the mid 19th cent. (see e.g. Nilo-Hamitic adj.). Compare earlier Nilometer n., Niloscope n.

Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to the Nile, or the Nile region’, esp. in the names of language groups. Cf. Nilo-Hamite n., Nilo-Hamitic adj., Nilo-Saharan adj.Largely disused among linguists except in the formations referred to above.

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1932 W. L. Graff Lang. & Langs. 434 Kanuri, of the Nilo-Chadian group.

1938 W. M. Hailey Afr. Surv. iii. 77 The Nilotic..comprises tongues spoken in the Upper Nile region as far south as Lake Victoria. Two main branches are distinguished, Nilo-Sudanic..and Nilo-Hamitic.

1966 Afr. Affairs 65 249 [They] entered Africa through the Ethiopean [sic] lowlands and travelled..across the extreme south of Sudan, along the Nilo-Congo watershed.

1992 Internat. Encycl. Linguistics III. 100 Nilo-Saharan..also called Nilo-Sahelian,..covers major areas southeast, east, and north of Lake Victoria,..with a westward extension as far as the Niger Valley.

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

单词	nilo-
释义	Nilo-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Nile , -o- connective. Etymology: < the name of the river Nile (see Nile n.) + -o- connective.Formations in English are found from the mid 19th cent. (see e.g. Nilo-Hamitic adj.). Compare earlier Nilometer n., Niloscope n. Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to the Nile, or the Nile region’, esp. in the names of language groups. Cf. Nilo-Hamite n., Nilo-Hamitic adj., Nilo-Saharan adj.Largely disused among linguists except in the formations referred to above. ΚΠ 1932 W. L. Graff Lang. & Langs. 434 Kanuri, of the Nilo-Chadian group. 1938 W. M. Hailey Afr. Surv. iii. 77 The Nilotic..comprises tongues spoken in the Upper Nile region as far south as Lake Victoria. Two main branches are distinguished, Nilo-Sudanic..and Nilo-Hamitic. 1966 Afr. Affairs 65 249 [They] entered Africa through the Ethiopean [sic] lowlands and travelled..across the extreme south of Sudan, along the Nilo-Congo watershed. 1992 Internat. Encycl. Linguistics III. 100 Nilo-Saharan..also called Nilo-Sahelian,..covers major areas southeast, east, and north of Lake Victoria,..with a westward extension as far as the Niger Valley. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1932
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