Swaziadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈswɑːzi/, U.S.

/ˈswɑzi/

Etymology: < Nguni Mswati, the name of a former king of the Swati.

A. adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Swati, a people of mixed ethnic origin, predominantly Nguni, inhabiting the Kingdom of eSwatini (formerly known as Swaziland) and parts of Mpumalanga province, South Africa.The official name of Swaziland was changed in 2018.

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

Siddi1737

Kaffir1763

Barolong1802

Setswana1811

Tambouki1827

Motswana1835

Swazi1872

Lunda1879

Tswana1891

Tembu1927

Rolong1935

Batswana1953

1872 C. A. Payton Diamond-diggings S. Afr. 142 A book of very great interest on new African sport and travel, entitled, I believe, ‘Swazi Kafirs and Swazi Game’.

1937 N. J. van Warmelo in I. Schapera Bantu-Speaking Tribes iii. 51 Commencing with the increasing power of the Ngwane Chief Sobhuza (ca 1820), the ‘Swazi’ people gradually began to come into being.

1961 W. Vaughan-Thomas Anzio ix. 197 The cheerful Swazi Pioneer..dashed around the football field in an enormous beret.

1973 ‘S. Harvester’ Corner of Playground iii. ii. 181 A Swazi king in eighteen-fiftyfour raided the Tsonga to find boys and girls to sell to the Boers.

B. n.

1. A member of this people.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [noun] > other peoples of Southern Africa

Zimba1625

Tambouki1786

Hottentot1795

Morolong1815

Oorlam1815

Barolong1823

Tembu1827

Fingo1829

Ngwaketsea1832

Ovaherero1851

Lunda1857

Herero1862

Swazi1878

Magwamba1884

Khoisan1929

Rolong1937

a1857 J. Shooter Kafirs of Natal 391 The Amaswazi partially shave their head [sic].]

1878 A. Aylward Transvaal of To-day 182 The Swazis transferred the fidelity and love they bore him.

1878 A. K. Johnston Africa 450 The most..numerous..are the Bechuanas..cut off from the Zulus and Swazi by the Quathlamba range on the east.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 111/2 The Swazies are a branch of the Bantu family... Swazieland was first constituted a petty native state in 1843, when the Barabuza people under their chief, Swaze, rose against their Zulu oppressors, and according to custom took their name from the founder of their chieftaincy.

1910 J. Buchan Prester John xi. 193 There were tall Zulus and Swazis with ringkops and feather head-dresses.

1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xxiii. 188 The man (a Swazi) entered, and almost immediately was attacked by the leopard.

1982 Times 1 June 8/1 We [sc. the Zulus] are their countrymen, and yet they are prepared to sell us out to the Swazis in a clandestine deal.

2. The Nguni language spoken by the Swati.Now called Siswati.

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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 > Swazi

Swazi1919

Siswati1952

1919 H. H. Johnston Compar. Study Bantu & Semi-Bantu Lang. 298 The Zulu-Kafir Languages..Swazi..Tekele.

1956 H. Bloom Episode v. 72 She wagged her head and huffed her shoulders and muttered in Swazi.

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

单词	swazi
释义	Swaziadj.n. Brit. /ˈswɑːzi/, U.S. /ˈswɑzi/ Etymology: < Nguni Mswati, the name of a former king of the Swati. A. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Swati, a people of mixed ethnic origin, predominantly Nguni, inhabiting the Kingdom of eSwatini (formerly known as Swaziland) and parts of Mpumalanga province, South Africa.The official name of Swaziland was changed in 2018. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [adjective] > other peoples of Southern Africa Siddi1737 Kaffir1763 Barolong1802 Setswana1811 Tambouki1827 Motswana1835 Swazi1872 Lunda1879 Tswana1891 Tembu1927 Rolong1935 Batswana1953 1872 C. A. Payton Diamond-diggings S. Afr. 142 A book of very great interest on new African sport and travel, entitled, I believe, ‘Swazi Kafirs and Swazi Game’. 1937 N. J. van Warmelo in I. Schapera Bantu-Speaking Tribes iii. 51 Commencing with the increasing power of the Ngwane Chief Sobhuza (ca 1820), the ‘Swazi’ people gradually began to come into being. 1961 W. Vaughan-Thomas Anzio ix. 197 The cheerful Swazi Pioneer..dashed around the football field in an enormous beret. 1973 ‘S. Harvester’ Corner of Playground iii. ii. 181 A Swazi king in eighteen-fiftyfour raided the Tsonga to find boys and girls to sell to the Boers. B. n. 1. A member of this people. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [noun] > other peoples of Southern Africa Zimba1625 Tambouki1786 Hottentot1795 Morolong1815 Oorlam1815 Barolong1823 Tembu1827 Fingo1829 Ngwaketsea1832 Ovaherero1851 Lunda1857 Herero1862 Swazi1878 Magwamba1884 Khoisan1929 Rolong1937 a1857 J. Shooter Kafirs of Natal 391 The Amaswazi partially shave their head [sic].] 1878 A. Aylward Transvaal of To-day 182 The Swazis transferred the fidelity and love they bore him. 1878 A. K. Johnston Africa 450 The most..numerous..are the Bechuanas..cut off from the Zulus and Swazi by the Quathlamba range on the east. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 111/2 The Swazies are a branch of the Bantu family... Swazieland was first constituted a petty native state in 1843, when the Barabuza people under their chief, Swaze, rose against their Zulu oppressors, and according to custom took their name from the founder of their chieftaincy. 1910 J. Buchan Prester John xi. 193 There were tall Zulus and Swazis with ringkops and feather head-dresses. 1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xxiii. 188 The man (a Swazi) entered, and almost immediately was attacked by the leopard. 1982 Times 1 June 8/1 We [sc. the Zulus] are their countrymen, and yet they are prepared to sell us out to the Swazis in a clandestine deal. 2. The Nguni language spoken by the Swati.Now called Siswati. 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 1919 H. H. Johnston Compar. Study Bantu & Semi-Bantu Lang. 298 The Zulu-Kafir Languages..Swazi..Tekele. 1956 H. Bloom Episode v. 72 She wagged her head and huffed her shoulders and muttered in Swazi. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1872
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