单词 | siswati |
释义 | Siswatin.adj. A. n. The language spoken by the Swati people of the Kingdom of eSwatini (formerly known as Swaziland) and South Africa, belonging to the Nguni group of the Bantu language family; = Swazi n. 2.The official name of the country was changed in 2018. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > Bantu languages > Swazi Swazi1919 Siswati1952 1952 D. Ziervogel (title) A grammar of Swazi (siSwati). 1970 Amer. Anthropologist 72 1395/1 The stories were usually told in a native language, principally Zulu or Siswati. 1986 K. Katzner Langs. of World (rev. ed.) ii. 324 Swazi, more correctly called Siswati, is the national language of the kingdom of Swaziland in southern Africa. It is spoken by virtually the entire native population of the country. 2017 Star (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 11 Oct. 3 Nomfundo is narrated in Siswati about a tormented and impulsive young woman who is pregnant with her first child. B. adj. Of, belonging to, or designating this language; written in or using this language. ΘΚΠ 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 1964 Standing Orders of Legislative Council (Govt. Notice. no. 114) 6 in Swaziland Legislation II The proceedings and debates of the Council shall be in the English or the Siswati language. 1965 Advertising & Press Ann. Afr. 158 The BBC News is relayed from 6 to 6.10 p.m. with local news in English from 6.10 to 6.20 p.m; thereafter the siSwati programme continues until 8 p.m. 1971 Bucks County (Pa.) Courier Times 8 Oct. So goes the Siswati song of praise to..his majesty King Sobhuza II. 1996 N. M. Kamwangamalu & T. Chisanga in V. de Klerk Focus on S. Afr. 289 There is no siSwati edition for The Observer, but there is one for The Times, namely Thikhasi. 2015 Afr. News (Nexis) 19 Mar. S'khumbuto, the central memorial, is named for the siSwati word signifying a place of remembrance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1952 |
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