Pedin.adj.

Brit.

/ˈpeɪdi/,

/ˈpɛdi/, U.S.

/ˈpeɪdi/,

/ˈpɛdi/, South African English

/ˈpeɪdi/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, Pedis.

Forms: 1900s– Pedi, 1900s– Peli. See also Bapedi n. and adj., Mopedi n.

Origin: A borrowing from Sepedi. Etymon: Sepedi Pêdi.

Etymology: < Sepedi Pêdi, self-designation. Compare Southern Sotho Peli , Setswana Pedi . Compare earlier Bapedi n. and adj.Variation between the forms Pedi and Peli corresponds formally to the differing modern orthographies used in South Africa and Lesotho respectively (compare etymological note s.v. Molimo n.¹).

A. n.

1. The Northern Sotho language of the largest group of Northern Sotho people, originating in the central and northern regions of Limpopo province (formerly the northern Transvaal) of South Africa; = Sepedi n.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > [noun]

African1872

Pedi1890

1890 Testamente e Mphza Table of Contents The New Testament in Pedi.

1908 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 7 412 Pedi (Peli, Sepedi). Spoken by the Bapedi, a Transvaal tribe nearly allied to the Basuto.

1933 D. Westermann & I. C. Ward Pract. Phonetics for Students of Afr. Lang. xiii. 70 In Suto and Pedi, syllabic l occurs before another l.

1963 B. Modisane Blame me on Hist. ii. 34 ‘The wayside corn does not grow,’ Ma-Willie said, in Pedi, a northern Sotho dialect.

1975 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. X. 64 There was a tendency to substitute the name ‘Pedi’ for Northern Sotho, because the Pedi..are the strongest tribal unit, and particularly because Sepedi has become the written and school language of all Northern Sotho tribes.

1998 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 578/2 Tswana or Western Sotho, although mutually intelligible with Pedi, is usually treated as a separate language.

2. A member of the largest group of Northern Sotho people, originating in the central and northern regions of Limpopo province (formerly the northern Transvaal) of South Africa. Cf. Bapedi n., Mopedi n.

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

Xhosa1801

amaXhosa1809

Matabele1823

Amapondo1824

amaZulu1829

Bapedi1835

Basotho1835

knobnose1848

Ovambo1853

Sotho1883

Tonga1891

Ronga1899

Venda1901

Pedi1912

Mopedi1928

Ndebele1930

Lobedu1933

Tsonga1937

Pondo1950

Nguni1957

1912 H. A. Junod Life S. Afr. Tribe I. ii. i. 243 A Pedi has a real right of pre-emption on his mudzwala.

1958 A. Sampson Treason Cage 148 His parents were of different tribes—father Pedi, mother Bechuana—so that Peter felt himself happily detribalised.

1976 M. E. West & J. Morris Abantu 137 The Pedi were among the more recent Sotho immigrants to South Africa. They arrived in the Northern Transvaal by at least the 17th century.

1996 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 May 4 The Pedis were forced to submit to British rule in 1879..when they lost the Battle of Tstate to a red-coated force, half of which wore skirts.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating the Pedi or their language.

ΘΚΠ

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

Xhosa1812

Morolong1822

amaXhosa1824

Zulu1824

Sotho1827

amaZulu1828

Amapondo1830

African1832

Matabele1835

knob-nosed1838

Manganja1859

Pondo1872

Bapedi1878

Ovambo1897

Tsonga1907

Venda1913

Pedi1922

Nguni1929

Lobedu1937

Mosotho1955

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

1922 Bull. School Oriental Stud. 2 563 His remarks on Pedi sounds show a phonetic discrimination too often absent from similar handbooks.

1931 W. Eiselen in A. M. Duggan-Cronin Bantu Tribes II. ii. 35 The greater part of the Pedi tribe lived in reserved areas situated in the Middelburg, Lydenburg and Pietersburg districts.

1937 N. J. Warmelo in I. Schapera Bantu-speaking Tribes S. Afr. (1946) iii. 61 Other tribes, either loosely called Pedi or speaking the Pedi language, which have been under Pedi control and influence for a long time.

1991 T. Pakenham Scramble for Afr. iii. 41 The men who favoured Kruger had refused to support Burgers in the war against the Pedi chief, Sekhukhene, who controlled parts of the northern territory claimed by the Transvaal.

2000 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) (Electronic ed.) 28 May I should just play Pedi music.

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

单词	pedi
释义	Pedin.adj. Brit. /ˈpeɪdi/, /ˈpɛdi/, U.S. /ˈpeɪdi/, /ˈpɛdi/, South African English /ˈpeɪdi/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, Pedis. Forms: 1900s– Pedi, 1900s– Peli. See also Bapedi n. and adj., Mopedi n. Origin: A borrowing from Sepedi. Etymon: Sepedi Pêdi. Etymology: < Sepedi Pêdi, self-designation. Compare Southern Sotho Peli , Setswana Pedi . Compare earlier Bapedi n. and adj.Variation between the forms Pedi and Peli corresponds formally to the differing modern orthographies used in South Africa and Lesotho respectively (compare etymological note s.v. Molimo n.¹). A. n. 1. The Northern Sotho language of the largest group of Northern Sotho people, originating in the central and northern regions of Limpopo province (formerly the northern Transvaal) of South Africa; = Sepedi n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > [noun] African1872 Pedi1890 1890 Testamente e Mphza Table of Contents The New Testament in Pedi. 1908 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 7 412 Pedi (Peli, Sepedi). Spoken by the Bapedi, a Transvaal tribe nearly allied to the Basuto. 1933 D. Westermann & I. C. Ward Pract. Phonetics for Students of Afr. Lang. xiii. 70 In Suto and Pedi, syllabic l occurs before another l. 1963 B. Modisane Blame me on Hist. ii. 34 ‘The wayside corn does not grow,’ Ma-Willie said, in Pedi, a northern Sotho dialect. 1975 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. X. 64 There was a tendency to substitute the name ‘Pedi’ for Northern Sotho, because the Pedi..are the strongest tribal unit, and particularly because Sepedi has become the written and school language of all Northern Sotho tribes. 1998 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 578/2 Tswana or Western Sotho, although mutually intelligible with Pedi, is usually treated as a separate language. 2. A member of the largest group of Northern Sotho people, originating in the central and northern regions of Limpopo province (formerly the northern Transvaal) of South Africa. Cf. Bapedi n., Mopedi n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [noun] > Bantu peoples Xhosa1801 amaXhosa1809 Matabele1823 Amapondo1824 amaZulu1829 Bapedi1835 Basotho1835 knobnose1848 Ovambo1853 Sotho1883 Tonga1891 Ronga1899 Venda1901 Pedi1912 Mopedi1928 Ndebele1930 Lobedu1933 Tsonga1937 Pondo1950 Nguni1957 1912 H. A. Junod Life S. Afr. Tribe I. ii. i. 243 A Pedi has a real right of pre-emption on his mudzwala. 1958 A. Sampson Treason Cage 148 His parents were of different tribes—father Pedi, mother Bechuana—so that Peter felt himself happily detribalised. 1976 M. E. West & J. Morris Abantu 137 The Pedi were among the more recent Sotho immigrants to South Africa. They arrived in the Northern Transvaal by at least the 17th century. 1996 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 May 4 The Pedis were forced to submit to British rule in 1879..when they lost the Battle of Tstate to a red-coated force, half of which wore skirts. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the Pedi or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [adjective] > Bantu peoples Xhosa1812 Morolong1822 amaXhosa1824 Zulu1824 Sotho1827 amaZulu1828 Amapondo1830 African1832 Matabele1835 knob-nosed1838 Manganja1859 Pondo1872 Bapedi1878 Ovambo1897 Tsonga1907 Venda1913 Pedi1922 Nguni1929 Lobedu1937 Mosotho1955 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 1922 Bull. School Oriental Stud. 2 563 His remarks on Pedi sounds show a phonetic discrimination too often absent from similar handbooks. 1931 W. Eiselen in A. M. Duggan-Cronin Bantu Tribes II. ii. 35 The greater part of the Pedi tribe lived in reserved areas situated in the Middelburg, Lydenburg and Pietersburg districts. 1937 N. J. Warmelo in I. Schapera Bantu-speaking Tribes S. Afr. (1946) iii. 61 Other tribes, either loosely called Pedi or speaking the Pedi language, which have been under Pedi control and influence for a long time. 1991 T. Pakenham Scramble for Afr. iii. 41 The men who favoured Kruger had refused to support Burgers in the war against the Pedi chief, Sekhukhene, who controlled parts of the northern territory claimed by the Transvaal. 2000 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) (Electronic ed.) 28 May I should just play Pedi music. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : pedi-comb. form < n.adj.1890 see also
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