单词 | pullo |
释义 | Pullon.adj. A. n. a. A member of a widely scattered people of north-western sub-Saharan Africa; = Fula n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Sudan > [noun] > person Fulbe1623 Fellataa1817 Fula1832 Pullo1836 Peul1895 1724 B. Stibbs Jrnl. 11 Jan. in F. Moore Trav. Inland Parts Afr. 258 This place which is call'd Pholey's Pass. 1799 M. Park Trav. Afr. (ed. 2) ii. 17 The Foulahs (or Pholeys)..are chiefly of a tawny complexion, with soft silky hair, and pleasing features.] 1836 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 6 111 Filah-dughú or Fullah-dughú, i.e. the land of the Fullahs, Fullans or Fulláníyu, called by themselves Pullo or Pullu, and Fellátah by the Arabs. 1846 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 16 134 The Temnés and Ṣuṣús, who are looked down upon as an inferior race by the dirty Pullas, as they here call themselves. 1876 G. A. L. Reichardt Gram. Fulde Lang. p. xiii, (heading) The proper and indigenous name for the Fulahs, as we have called them, is Pulo. 1921 F. W. Taylor First Gram. Adamawa Dial. of Fulani Lang. 6 The people whose language is the subject of this book call themselves Pullo in the singular and Fulbe in the plural. 1959 D. J. Stenning Savannah Nomads ii. 55 Fulfulḓe means not only the language spoken by Fulani, but the whole range of rights and duties peculiar to a pullo. 1994 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 60 694 Abd al-Rahman and Samba, his fellow Pullo..were able to associate closely with each other. 2014 M. Breusers in M. Gulchard et al. Friendship, Descent & Alliance Afr. iv. 90 Friendship between a Moaga and a Pullo can find its fulfilment through spiritual parenthood and symbolic in-law relations. b. The Niger-Congo language of this people; = Fula n. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Fulah Wolof1823 Fula1848 Fulfulde1857 Pullo1858 Fulani1891 Peul1932 Fulbe1967 1858 L. Grout in Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. (1860) 6 ii. 137 Pulo, hanki, yesterday. 1883 R. N. Cust Sketch Mod. Langs. Afr. I. x. 158 This language..is known by many names, Fula,..Púlo, Pulah;..its meaning is said to be ‘light brown’, as opposed to that of the neighbouring people, Wolof or ‘black’. 1931 H. R. Palmer Carthaginian Voy. W. Afr. 500 B.C. Introd. p. ii The root of the name Pharusii is probably the same as that in Pullo, (Fulbe), on the one hand, and Berber on the other. B. adj. (attributive). Of or relating to the Pullo or their language; = Fula adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Sudan > [adjective] Fula1794 Fellata1820 Fulani1839 Nuba1855 Pullo1856 Fulbe1857 Uduk1927 Peul1935 1856 W. B. Baikie Narr. Exploring Voy. Rivers Kwo'ra & Bi'nue vi. 174 He gave us, too, many Púlo words and expressions, which made us regret much that we had not a grammar of that language with us. 1857 H. Barth Trav. & Discov. N. & Central Afr. I. (App.) 635 Kauyen, called by other informants Woyene, a small Púllo settlement. 1857 H. Barth Trav. & Discov. N. & Central Afr. I. (App.) 635 This name seems to be a nickname given to the place by the Kanúri people,..though ‘úro’ is a Púllo name meaning ‘farming-village’. 1876 G. A. L. Reichardt Gram. Fulde Lang. p. xiv We find a strong Pulo empire in a northwesterly direction, from the upper course of the Jaliba. 1984 Jrnl. Internat. Afr. Instit. 54 51 A Pagan man who converts to Islam becomes eligible as a husband for a Pullo woman. 1992 P. Riesman First find your Child Good Mother ix. 213 The growing cattle responsibilities of the Pullo youth entail a more direct relationship between him and the bush. 2014 M. Breusers in M. Gulchard et al. Friendship, Descent & Alliance Afr. iv. 90 In view of future marriage ceremonies, the girl's mother often seeks to keep up her friendship with a Pullo woman. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1836 |
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