Rongan.adj.

Brit.

/ˈrɒŋ(ɡ)ə/, U.S.

/ˈrɑŋɡə/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, Rongas.

Forms: 1800s– Ronga, 1900s– Rhonga.

Origin: A borrowing from Ronga. Etymon: Ronga Ronga.

Etymology: < Ronga Ronga, self-designation. Compare French Ronga (1896 denoting the people, or earlier).Compare also the following earlier example showing Ronga xiRonga, literally ‘Ronga language’, in an English context:1893 E. W. Smith-Delacour (title) A Shironga vocabulary.

A. n.

1. A language belonging to the south-east Bantu group and the Tsonga subgroup, spoken by a people living in the Delagoa Bay area of southern Mozambique. Cf. Tsonga n.

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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 > Tsonga

Ronga1897

Tsonga1905

Shangaan1968

1910 J. Buchan Prester John iii. 56 Sesuto is the chief [language] hereabouts... Then there's the thing the Shangaans speak—Baronga, I think they call it.]

1897 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 413 A Vocabulary in Ronga, Portuguese, French, and English.

1899 Folk-lore 10 283 The Rabbit's name..in Ronga (Delagoa Bay) mpfundla, in Zulu unogwaja!

1917 Bull. School Oriental Stud. (1964) 1 106 Sw and zw appear to be attempts at the peculiar labial sibilant also found in Ronga and other Delagoa Bay dialects.

1989 Christian Sci. Monitor 1 Mar. 13/3 One of the main purposes of the day-care centers is to teach the children Portuguese (they speak Ronga or Changana at home) so they will be able to attend the state-run primary schools.

2004 New Yorker 27 Sept. 129/3 Teresa's father compiled a handwritten dictionary of Ronga, a local language, that she inherited and keeps by her bedside.

2. A member of a Bantu-speaking people living in the Delagoa Bay area of southern Mozambique.

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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

1899 Folk-lore 10 228 Moloungo, which is used for God in many Bantu languages, and is applied by the Zulus and the Thonga (including the Ronga) to white men of all shades.

1927 H. A. Junod Life S. Afr. Tribe I. i. 16 The real Rongas are, I think, the Mpfumo and the Matjolo clans, who are settled on the west of the Bay.

1957 C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. (ed. 3) viii. 168 The Tsonga, sub-divided into Tsonga, Ronga, and Tswa, are found chiefly in Mozambique, with offshoots in Eastern and Northern Transvaal.

2003 Internat Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 36 174 Henri-Alexandre Junod, well-known for his ethnological research among the Ronga.

B. adj.

Of or relating to the Ronga or their language.

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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

1897 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 413 The Ronga language is spoken by the Natives of the Districts adjacent to Lorenzo Marquez in the Portuguese Colony of the East Coast of South Africa.

1910 Encycl. Brit. III. 360/1 The Ronga (Tonga) languages of Portuguese South-East Africa..are almost equally related to the Nyanja group..and to Zulu.

1919 H. H. Johnston Compar. Study Bantu & Semi-Bantu Langs. ii. 24 The arrival of the Bantu hordes (the ancestors of the Karaña, Becuana, Zulu-Kafir, Mas̩añgane, and ?oñga peoples), may have been the cause of the abandonment of the stone fortresses.

1978 T. H. Henriksen Mozambique iii. 48 Relations among the Rhonga chieftaincies were at times stormy.

2004 Internat. Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 37 358 But for understanding of..the region of Matalana where Malangatana grew up in Ronga culture, one must search out the work of other scholars.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ronga
释义	Rongan.adj. Brit. /ˈrɒŋ(ɡ)ə/, U.S. /ˈrɑŋɡə/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, Rongas. Forms: 1800s– Ronga, 1900s– Rhonga. Origin: A borrowing from Ronga. Etymon: Ronga Ronga. Etymology: < Ronga Ronga, self-designation. Compare French Ronga (1896 denoting the people, or earlier).Compare also the following earlier example showing Ronga xiRonga, literally ‘Ronga language’, in an English context:1893 E. W. Smith-Delacour (title) A Shironga vocabulary. A. n. 1. A language belonging to the south-east Bantu group and the Tsonga subgroup, spoken by a people living in the Delagoa Bay area of southern Mozambique. Cf. Tsonga n. ΘΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > Bantu languages > Tsonga Ronga1897 Tsonga1905 Shangaan1968 1910 J. Buchan Prester John iii. 56 Sesuto is the chief [language] hereabouts... Then there's the thing the Shangaans speak—Baronga, I think they call it.] 1897 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 413 A Vocabulary in Ronga, Portuguese, French, and English. 1899 Folk-lore 10 283 The Rabbit's name..in Ronga (Delagoa Bay) mpfundla, in Zulu unogwaja! 1917 Bull. School Oriental Stud. (1964) 1 106 Sw and zw appear to be attempts at the peculiar labial sibilant also found in Ronga and other Delagoa Bay dialects. 1989 Christian Sci. Monitor 1 Mar. 13/3 One of the main purposes of the day-care centers is to teach the children Portuguese (they speak Ronga or Changana at home) so they will be able to attend the state-run primary schools. 2004 New Yorker 27 Sept. 129/3 Teresa's father compiled a handwritten dictionary of Ronga, a local language, that she inherited and keeps by her bedside. 2. A member of a Bantu-speaking people living in the Delagoa Bay area of southern Mozambique. ΘΠ 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 1899 Folk-lore 10 228 Moloungo, which is used for God in many Bantu languages, and is applied by the Zulus and the Thonga (including the Ronga) to white men of all shades. 1927 H. A. Junod Life S. Afr. Tribe I. i. 16 The real Rongas are, I think, the Mpfumo and the Matjolo clans, who are settled on the west of the Bay. 1957 C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. (ed. 3) viii. 168 The Tsonga, sub-divided into Tsonga, Ronga, and Tswa, are found chiefly in Mozambique, with offshoots in Eastern and Northern Transvaal. 2003 Internat Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 36 174 Henri-Alexandre Junod, well-known for his ethnological research among the Ronga. B. adj. Of or relating to the Ronga or their language. ΘΠ 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 1897 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 413 The Ronga language is spoken by the Natives of the Districts adjacent to Lorenzo Marquez in the Portuguese Colony of the East Coast of South Africa. 1910 Encycl. Brit. III. 360/1 The Ronga (Tonga) languages of Portuguese South-East Africa..are almost equally related to the Nyanja group..and to Zulu. 1919 H. H. Johnston Compar. Study Bantu & Semi-Bantu Langs. ii. 24 The arrival of the Bantu hordes (the ancestors of the Karaña, Becuana, Zulu-Kafir, Mas̩añgane, and ?oñga peoples), may have been the cause of the abandonment of the stone fortresses. 1978 T. H. Henriksen Mozambique iii. 48 Relations among the Rhonga chieftaincies were at times stormy. 2004 Internat. Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 37 358 But for understanding of..the region of Matalana where Malangatana grew up in Ronga culture, one must search out the work of other scholars. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1897
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