Nyamweziadj.n.

Brit.

/njamˈweɪzi/, U.S.

/ˌnjɑmˈweɪzi/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: 1800s Nya-Mwézi, 1800s– Nyamwezi. See also Wanyamwezi n. and adj.

Origin: A borrowing from Nyamwezi. Etymon: Nyamwezi Nyamwezi.

Etymology: < Nyamwezi Nyamwezi, self-designation, lit. ‘people of the moon, (i.e. the west)’ ( < nya- pre-stem element expressing belonging + ŋweezí , myeezí moon), perhaps originally after a name given to the Nyamwezi by a people living further east. Compare Wanyamwezi n. and adj.

A. adj.

1. Of, relating to, or designating the Bantu language spoken by an African people of western Tanzania.Also called Kinyamwezi.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [adjective] > of or relating to Bantu languages

Kaffir1588

Kongo1597

Xhosa1812

Amapondo1830

Zulu1839

Sesotho1844

Swahilian1846

Kikuyu1850

Bantu1858

Fan1861

Amandebele1872

Nyamwezi1872

Wagogo1878

Lunda1879

Luganda1882

Sotho1883

Gogo1891

Tonga1891

Chichewa1897

Ronga1897

Bemba1904

Ila1907

Tsonga1907

Meru1908

Chewa1909

Venda1913

Lingala1922

Luba1922

Pedi1922

Nyanja1923

Nguni1929

Ndebele1930

Lobedu1937

Tiv1939

Mongo1961

Siswati1964

1872 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 1 p. cxliii I printed in Zanzibar a vocabulary and sketch-grammar of the Shambala language, and I have brought home similar collections in the Nyamwezi, and a rather fuller work on the Yao language.

1902 C. W. Hobley Eastern Uganda vi. 88 There are many striking resemblances between the Nyamwezi language and the Bantu language of Kavirondo.

1919 H. H. Johnston Compar. Study Bantu & Semi-Bantu Lang. 787 The north-western Sumbwa dialect—almost a separate language of the Nyamwezi group.

1972 Bk. Thousand Tongues (United Bible Soc.) (rev. ed.) 334/2 Nyamyembe is a Nyamwezi dialect spoken in the Tabora region.

2. Of, relating to, or designating an African people of western Tanzania.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > Bantu peoples

Wagogo1840

Swahilian1846

Tumbuka1850

Wanyamwezi1860

Rwanda1864

Nyasa1887

Ngoni1891

Mashona1893

Ganda1894

Ila1907

Meru1908

Chewa1909

Yao1910

Nyanja1923

Lozi1937

Nyamwezi1939

Sukuma1953

Lamba1956

Gogo1969

1939 R. Coupland Explor. E. Afr. 1856–90 iv. 67 More striking evidence of Majid's weakness was afforded by a series of events which occurred in the course of the 'sixties in the Nyamwezi country.

1968 E. Afr. Law Jrnl. 4 4 Mahuyi sued for an account from Shija as trustee of the property of his wards. The issue was whether the guardian, under Nyamwezi customary law, had an inheritance liability to account to his wards.

1990 N.Y. Times 18 Mar. (New Jersey Weekly section) 14/4 There are also figurines, notably a Nyamwezi work with articulated arms.

B. n.

1. The Bantu language of the Nyamwezi 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

1883 R. N. Cust Sketch Mod. Langs. Afr. II. xii. 336 Steere greatly advanced the knowledge of Swahili, and contributed to a knowledge of Sambára, Konde, Komóro, Gindo, and Zarámo, as well as Nya-Mwézi of the Western Sub-Branch.

1938 W. M. Hailey Afr. Surv. iii. 88 In many bush schools instruction is given in the mother tongue, viz. Sukuma, Nyamwezi, Konde, Hehe, Zaramo, Shambala, and dialects of Chaga.

1975 K. Katzner Langs. of World ii. 355 Most of the tribal languages [in Tanzania] are of the Bantu family and include Sukuma, spoken in the north..;closely related Nyamwezi, spoken in the western region, [etc.].

1992 W. Bright Internat. Encycl. Ling. III. 42/2 Nyamwezi, 904,000 speakers estimated in 1987, between Lake Victoria and Lake Rukwa, northwestern central Tanzania.

2. A member of the Nyamwezi people. Cf. Wanyamwezi n. and adj.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > Bantu peoples

Swahili1814

Chagga1823

Mashona1835

Wagogo1840

Wachagga1849

Tumbuka1850

Sukuma1860

Wanyamwezi1860

Babemba1867

Kavirondo1870

Nyamwezi1885

Bemba1887

Chewa1887

Shangaan1887

Rwanda1889

Awemba1890

Yao1894

Ngoni1899

Nyanja1899

Kisii1905

Ganda1906

Meru1908

Lamba1909

Hutu1922

Lozi1935

Ila1956

Gogo1957

1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 167 M. Guillain..states correctly the name of the people Oua-nyamouezi, but in giving the name of the country, ‘pays de Nyamouezi’, he shows little knowledge of the Zangian dialects.]

1885 E. Steere Coll. for Handbk. Nyamwezi Lang. 3 The Nyamwezi are well known in Zanzibar by their long hair and peculiar features, their dress of skins instead of calico, and their habit of eating animals which die of themselves.

1928 R. L. Buell Native Probl. Afr. I. xxvii. 448 Sturdy Bantu tribes, such as the Sukuma and the Nyamwezi.

1968 E. Afr. Law Jrnl. 4 4 The essence of this custom among the Nyamwezi seems to have been to keep property within the extended family in the safe hands of an older relative.

1991 R. Oliver Afr. Experience xi. 143 The Bisa began by carrying the ivory of Lubaland to the Portuguese on the Zambezi... But it was the Nyamwezi who developed the widest trading network.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nyamwezi
释义	Nyamweziadj.n. Brit. /njamˈweɪzi/, U.S. /ˌnjɑmˈweɪzi/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: 1800s Nya-Mwézi, 1800s– Nyamwezi. See also Wanyamwezi n. and adj. Origin: A borrowing from Nyamwezi. Etymon: Nyamwezi Nyamwezi. Etymology: < Nyamwezi Nyamwezi, self-designation, lit. ‘people of the moon, (i.e. the west)’ ( < nya- pre-stem element expressing belonging + ŋweezí , myeezí moon), perhaps originally after a name given to the Nyamwezi by a people living further east. Compare Wanyamwezi n. and adj. A. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or designating the Bantu language spoken by an African people of western Tanzania.Also called Kinyamwezi. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [adjective] > of or relating to Bantu languages Kaffir1588 Kongo1597 Xhosa1812 Amapondo1830 Zulu1839 Sesotho1844 Swahilian1846 Kikuyu1850 Bantu1858 Fan1861 Amandebele1872 Nyamwezi1872 Wagogo1878 Lunda1879 Luganda1882 Sotho1883 Gogo1891 Tonga1891 Chichewa1897 Ronga1897 Bemba1904 Ila1907 Tsonga1907 Meru1908 Chewa1909 Venda1913 Lingala1922 Luba1922 Pedi1922 Nyanja1923 Nguni1929 Ndebele1930 Lobedu1937 Tiv1939 Mongo1961 Siswati1964 1872 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 1 p. cxliii I printed in Zanzibar a vocabulary and sketch-grammar of the Shambala language, and I have brought home similar collections in the Nyamwezi, and a rather fuller work on the Yao language. 1902 C. W. Hobley Eastern Uganda vi. 88 There are many striking resemblances between the Nyamwezi language and the Bantu language of Kavirondo. 1919 H. H. Johnston Compar. Study Bantu & Semi-Bantu Lang. 787 The north-western Sumbwa dialect—almost a separate language of the Nyamwezi group. 1972 Bk. Thousand Tongues (United Bible Soc.) (rev. ed.) 334/2 Nyamyembe is a Nyamwezi dialect spoken in the Tabora region. 2. Of, relating to, or designating an African people of western Tanzania. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > Bantu peoples Wagogo1840 Swahilian1846 Tumbuka1850 Wanyamwezi1860 Rwanda1864 Nyasa1887 Ngoni1891 Mashona1893 Ganda1894 Ila1907 Meru1908 Chewa1909 Yao1910 Nyanja1923 Lozi1937 Nyamwezi1939 Sukuma1953 Lamba1956 Gogo1969 1939 R. Coupland Explor. E. Afr. 1856–90 iv. 67 More striking evidence of Majid's weakness was afforded by a series of events which occurred in the course of the 'sixties in the Nyamwezi country. 1968 E. Afr. Law Jrnl. 4 4 Mahuyi sued for an account from Shija as trustee of the property of his wards. The issue was whether the guardian, under Nyamwezi customary law, had an inheritance liability to account to his wards. 1990 N.Y. Times 18 Mar. (New Jersey Weekly section) 14/4 There are also figurines, notably a Nyamwezi work with articulated arms. B. n. 1. The Bantu language of the Nyamwezi people. ΘΚΠ 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 1883 R. N. Cust Sketch Mod. Langs. Afr. II. xii. 336 Steere greatly advanced the knowledge of Swahili, and contributed to a knowledge of Sambára, Konde, Komóro, Gindo, and Zarámo, as well as Nya-Mwézi of the Western Sub-Branch. 1938 W. M. Hailey Afr. Surv. iii. 88 In many bush schools instruction is given in the mother tongue, viz. Sukuma, Nyamwezi, Konde, Hehe, Zaramo, Shambala, and dialects of Chaga. 1975 K. Katzner Langs. of World ii. 355 Most of the tribal languages [in Tanzania] are of the Bantu family and include Sukuma, spoken in the north..;closely related Nyamwezi, spoken in the western region, [etc.]. 1992 W. Bright Internat. Encycl. Ling. III. 42/2 Nyamwezi, 904,000 speakers estimated in 1987, between Lake Victoria and Lake Rukwa, northwestern central Tanzania. 2. A member of the Nyamwezi people. Cf. Wanyamwezi n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > Bantu peoples Swahili1814 Chagga1823 Mashona1835 Wagogo1840 Wachagga1849 Tumbuka1850 Sukuma1860 Wanyamwezi1860 Babemba1867 Kavirondo1870 Nyamwezi1885 Bemba1887 Chewa1887 Shangaan1887 Rwanda1889 Awemba1890 Yao1894 Ngoni1899 Nyanja1899 Kisii1905 Ganda1906 Meru1908 Lamba1909 Hutu1922 Lozi1935 Ila1956 Gogo1957 1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 167 M. Guillain..states correctly the name of the people Oua-nyamouezi, but in giving the name of the country, ‘pays de Nyamouezi’, he shows little knowledge of the Zangian dialects.] 1885 E. Steere Coll. for Handbk. Nyamwezi Lang. 3 The Nyamwezi are well known in Zanzibar by their long hair and peculiar features, their dress of skins instead of calico, and their habit of eating animals which die of themselves. 1928 R. L. Buell Native Probl. Afr. I. xxvii. 448 Sturdy Bantu tribes, such as the Sukuma and the Nyamwezi. 1968 E. Afr. Law Jrnl. 4 4 The essence of this custom among the Nyamwezi seems to have been to keep property within the extended family in the safe hands of an older relative. 1991 R. Oliver Afr. Experience xi. 143 The Bisa began by carrying the ivory of Lubaland to the Portuguese on the Zambezi... But it was the Nyamwezi who developed the widest trading network. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1872
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