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单词 setebele
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Setebelen.

Brit. /sɛtəˈbɛleɪ/, /sɛtəˈbiːli/, U.S. /ˌsɛdəˈbɛleɪ/, /ˌsɛdəˈbeɪleɪ/, /ˌsɛdəˈbili/, South African English /setəˈbeli/, /setəˈbili/, /seˈtebele/
Forms: 1800s Sitebeli, 1800s Sitibela, 1800s– Setebele, 1900s– Sitabele.
Origin: A borrowing from Sotho. Etymon: Sotho Sitabele.
Etymology: < Sotho Sitabele < si- , class prefix forming language names + -tebele (see Matabele n. and adj.).
= Sindebele n. Cf. Ndebele n. 2.
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Setebele1835
Amandebele1872
Tebele1883
Sindebele1913
Ndebele1939
1835 D. Lindley Let. 28 Dec. in D. J. Kotzé Lett. Amer. Missionaries (1950) 86 The Sitebeli is much the same with the Sichuana in its structure, many words are the same in both languages, and many more so little changed in the Sitebeli as to be immediately known by one acquainted with Sichuana.
1871 J. Mackenzie Ten Years North of Orange River 302 Mr. Moffat preached in Setebele to the people.
1930 S. T. Plaatje Mhudi xiv. 117 You must speak Setebele too? I would like to send you as a spy to Inzwinyani before we proceed to attack Mzilikazi.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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