Sukn.adj.

Brit.

/suːk/, U.S.

/suk/

A. n.

Thesaurus »

a. An East African people who inhabit an area on the Uganda-Kenya border; a member of this people.

Thesaurus »

b. The Nilotic language spoken by the Suk.

B. adj.

Of or pertaining to this people or their language.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > other peoples

Galla1710

Afar1845

Makololo1857

Baganda1872

Acholi1874

Makonde1876

Ogoni1888

Oromo1890

Turkana1894

Lango1902

Sebei1902

Suk1902

Luo1909

Sandawe1925

Wanderobo1935

Pokot1951

the mind > language > languages of the world > Nilo-Saharan languages > [adjective] > Nilotic > of or relating to Nilotic languages

Acholi1874

Alur1888

Turkana1894

Lango1902

Suk1902

Teso1902

Luo1909

Nandi1909

Masai1947

Kalenjin1957

1902 H. H. Johnston Uganda Protectorate ii. xix. 847 The Sūk, like the Turkana, pierce the lower lip... The Sūk women sometimes shave the head.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 541/2 The languages spoken in the Uganda Protectorate belong to the following stocks..Masai (Bari, Masai, Elgumi, Turkana, Sūk, &c.).

1930 C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. vii. 163 The Nandi and Suk may be said to live in garden settlements, each man having his own homestead in or near his fields of grain.

1936 Discovery June 171/2 The Nandi, Masai, Turkana, and Sūk are perhaps the best-known tribes of this group.

1947 E. Afr. Ann. 1946–7 43/1 Nilo-Hamitic tribes such as the Nandi, Suk and Kipsigis.

1953 M. Trowell & K. P. Wachsmann Tribal Crafts Uganda i. 50 The Sebei are members of another branch of the Nilo-Hamites, being very closely related to the Suk-Nandi group in Kenya.

1963 Times 6 May 19/6 Mr. Jomo Kenyatta, president of the Kenya African National Union, today reminded a crowd already nursed to a happy pitch of electoral enthusiasm by the chanting and dancing of Suk and Kalenjin tribesmen.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 347/2 Linguists often divide the Nilotic languages into a western group..and a southern group, including Nandi and Suk.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	suk
释义	Sukn.adj. Brit. /suːk/, U.S. /suk/ A. n. Thesaurus » a. An East African people who inhabit an area on the Uganda-Kenya border; a member of this people. Thesaurus » b. The Nilotic language spoken by the Suk. B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > other peoples Galla1710 Afar1845 Makololo1857 Baganda1872 Acholi1874 Makonde1876 Ogoni1888 Oromo1890 Turkana1894 Lango1902 Sebei1902 Suk1902 Luo1909 Sandawe1925 Wanderobo1935 Pokot1951 the mind > language > languages of the world > Nilo-Saharan languages > [adjective] > Nilotic > of or relating to Nilotic languages Acholi1874 Alur1888 Turkana1894 Lango1902 Suk1902 Teso1902 Luo1909 Nandi1909 Masai1947 Kalenjin1957 1902 H. H. Johnston Uganda Protectorate ii. xix. 847 The Sūk, like the Turkana, pierce the lower lip... The Sūk women sometimes shave the head. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 541/2 The languages spoken in the Uganda Protectorate belong to the following stocks..Masai (Bari, Masai, Elgumi, Turkana, Sūk, &c.). 1930 C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. vii. 163 The Nandi and Suk may be said to live in garden settlements, each man having his own homestead in or near his fields of grain. 1936 Discovery June 171/2 The Nandi, Masai, Turkana, and Sūk are perhaps the best-known tribes of this group. 1947 E. Afr. Ann. 1946–7 43/1 Nilo-Hamitic tribes such as the Nandi, Suk and Kipsigis. 1953 M. Trowell & K. P. Wachsmann Tribal Crafts Uganda i. 50 The Sebei are members of another branch of the Nilo-Hamites, being very closely related to the Suk-Nandi group in Kenya. 1963 Times 6 May 19/6 Mr. Jomo Kenyatta, president of the Kenya African National Union, today reminded a crowd already nursed to a happy pitch of electoral enthusiasm by the chanting and dancing of Suk and Kalenjin tribesmen. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 347/2 Linguists often divide the Nilotic languages into a western group..and a southern group, including Nandi and Suk. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1902
随便看	con laud con man con maugre con over con sordino con spirito con talk con thank con thanks con- con-actor con-arguer con-causal con-delegate con-domesticate con-notar con-rod con-sense con-sufferer con-supreme con-vicar conable conably conacre conacreism