okapin.

Brit.

/ə(ʊ)ˈkɑːpi/, U.S.

/oʊˈkɑpi/, South African English

/əʊˈkɑːpi/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, okapis.

Forms: 1900s– okapi; South African (in sense 2) 1900s– ou kappie.

Origin: A borrowing from Mbuba. Etymon: Mbuba okapi.

Etymology: < Mbuba okapi. In sense 2 with reference to the appearance of the knife.

1. A large browsing mammal of the giraffe family, Okapia johnstoni, which has a dark chestnut coat with horizontal white stripes on the hindquarters and upper legs, and lives in a limited area in the rainforests of the north-eastern Congo.The limited habitat of the okapi (which is found only in the north-eastern parts of Congo-Kinshasa, with a few extensions towards the south) helps to explain its late discovery and the consequent late appearance of the word in English.

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1900 H. Johnston in Proc. Zool. Soc. 775 I found the Bambuba natives dwelling alongside the dwarfs called it ‘Okapi’.]

1901 Times 7 May 13/2 At the present time the known habitat of the Okapi (as this animal is called by the natives) consists of the forests of the Ituri and the western banks of the Semliki in the Congo Free State, and the adjoining district of Mboga in the Uganda Protectorate.

1930 Punch 24 Sept. 337/2 A photographer has succeeded in getting a ‘close-up’ of the shy okapi.

1960 M. Spark Ballad of Peckham Rye iii. 35 An Okapi is a rare beast from the Congo. It looks a little like a deer, but it tries to be a giraffe.

1991 R. Waldrop tr. A. Borer Rimbaud in Abyssinia xii. 258 Rimbaud is one of those beings who die if deprived of freedom, like the okapis.

2. South African slang. Also ou kappie. Among urban (esp. township) speakers: a single-bladed knife, frequently with a pattern of stars on its handle.

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1974 Drum (Johannesburg) 22 Mar. 56 Kid Nyaks is in the habit of assaulting non-voters with the ‘ou kappie’ he always wears in his buttock pocket.

1981 B. Mfenyana in M. Mutloatse Reconstruction 302 When we glorify iscamto are we not also praising the thug, the cowardly lout with an okapi in his back-pocket?

1990 New Afr. 25 June 10 What happened to the proud, energetic cop who would stop you in the street, search you and arrest you for just an okapi (knife) should it be found in your possession?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	okapi
释义	okapin. Brit. /ə(ʊ)ˈkɑːpi/, U.S. /oʊˈkɑpi/, South African English /əʊˈkɑːpi/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, okapis. Forms: 1900s– okapi; South African (in sense 2) 1900s– ou kappie. Origin: A borrowing from Mbuba. Etymon: Mbuba okapi. Etymology: < Mbuba okapi. In sense 2 with reference to the appearance of the knife. 1. A large browsing mammal of the giraffe family, Okapia johnstoni, which has a dark chestnut coat with horizontal white stripes on the hindquarters and upper legs, and lives in a limited area in the rainforests of the north-eastern Congo.The limited habitat of the okapi (which is found only in the north-eastern parts of Congo-Kinshasa, with a few extensions towards the south) helps to explain its late discovery and the consequent late appearance of the word in English. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Giraffidae > [noun] > Okapia johnstoni (okapi) okapi1901 1900 H. Johnston in Proc. Zool. Soc. 775 I found the Bambuba natives dwelling alongside the dwarfs called it ‘Okapi’.] 1901 Times 7 May 13/2 At the present time the known habitat of the Okapi (as this animal is called by the natives) consists of the forests of the Ituri and the western banks of the Semliki in the Congo Free State, and the adjoining district of Mboga in the Uganda Protectorate. 1930 Punch 24 Sept. 337/2 A photographer has succeeded in getting a ‘close-up’ of the shy okapi. 1960 M. Spark Ballad of Peckham Rye iii. 35 An Okapi is a rare beast from the Congo. It looks a little like a deer, but it tries to be a giraffe. 1991 R. Waldrop tr. A. Borer Rimbaud in Abyssinia xii. 258 Rimbaud is one of those beings who die if deprived of freedom, like the okapis. 2. South African slang. Also ou kappie. Among urban (esp. township) speakers: a single-bladed knife, frequently with a pattern of stars on its handle. ΚΠ 1974 Drum (Johannesburg) 22 Mar. 56 Kid Nyaks is in the habit of assaulting non-voters with the ‘ou kappie’ he always wears in his buttock pocket. 1981 B. Mfenyana in M. Mutloatse Reconstruction 302 When we glorify iscamto are we not also praising the thug, the cowardly lout with an okapi in his back-pocket? 1990 New Afr. 25 June 10 What happened to the proud, energetic cop who would stop you in the street, search you and arrest you for just an okapi (knife) should it be found in your possession? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1901
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