Wanyamwezin.adj.

Brit.

/wanjamˈweɪzi/, U.S.

/wɑˌnjɑmˈweɪzi/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, Wanyamwezis.

Forms: 1800s– Wanyamwesi, 1800s– Wanyamwezi.

Origin: A borrowing from Nyamwezi. Etymon: Nyamwezi Wanyamwezi.

Etymology: < Nyamwezi Wanyamwezi < wa- , plural class prefix + Nyamwezi Nyamwezi adj.

A. n.

A member of a Bantu-speaking people of western Tanzania. Cf. Nyamwezi n. 2.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > Bantu peoples

Swahili1814

Chagga1823

Mashona1835

Wagogo1840

Wachagga1849

Tumbuka1850

Sukuma1860

Wanyamwezi1860

Babemba1867

Kavirondo1870

Nyamwezi1885

Bemba1887

Chewa1887

Shangaan1887

Rwanda1889

Awemba1890

Yao1894

Ngoni1899

Nyanja1899

Kisii1905

Ganda1906

Meru1908

Lamba1909

Hutu1922

Lozi1935

Ila1956

Gogo1957

1860 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. I. iii. 96 Meat is scarce: the only cattle are those driven down by the Wanyamwezi to the coast.

1881 Church Missionary Intelligencer & Rec. Sept. 556/1 Some Wanyamwezi, who were going to the coast,..went at it [sc. a giraffe carcase], and quickly cut it all up.

1914 E. Bennet Shots & Snapshots vi. 165 Suddenly Hamis, a Wanyamwezi, called out that he saw game.

1955 J. F. R. Hill & J. P. Moffett Tanganyika 515 The Wanyamwezi are one of the more virile and hard-working tribes of the Territory, and also one of the largest.

2015 Africa News (Nexis) 9 Apr. Traditions also die hard in central Tanzania mainly among the Wagogo and Wanyamwezi.

B. adj.

Of or belonging to a Bantu-speaking people of western Tanzania; designating this people. Cf. Nyamwezi adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

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

Wagogo1840

Swahilian1846

Tumbuka1850

Wanyamwezi1860

Rwanda1864

Nyasa1887

Ngoni1891

Mashona1893

Ganda1894

Ila1907

Meru1908

Chewa1909

Yao1910

Nyanja1923

Lozi1937

Nyamwezi1939

Sukuma1953

Lamba1956

Gogo1969

1860 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. II. xii. 4 According to the people..in the days of the grandfathers of their grandfathers the last of the Wanyamwezi emperors died.

1887 J. W. Buel Fighting in Afr. vi. 86 He fell in with some Arab traders and four hundred Wanyamwezi people, who were trying to get out of the country.

1910 C. H. Stigand To Abyssinia i. 19 He had carefully selected a very promising-looking crew of stalwart Wanyamwezi ruffians.

1928 Africa 1 41 This manner of increasing the volume of sound..occasionally [extends] over the whole of the last line of the stanza (e.g. in Wanixa and Wanyamwezi songs).

2012 Africa News (Nexis) 31 May The Wasukuma, Wanyamwezi, Wakurya and Wajita systems of marriage where a dowry has to be paid in the form of cows to enrich the parents.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wanyamwezi
释义	Wanyamwezin.adj. Brit. /wanjamˈweɪzi/, U.S. /wɑˌnjɑmˈweɪzi/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, Wanyamwezis. Forms: 1800s– Wanyamwesi, 1800s– Wanyamwezi. Origin: A borrowing from Nyamwezi. Etymon: Nyamwezi Wanyamwezi. Etymology: < Nyamwezi Wanyamwezi < wa- , plural class prefix + Nyamwezi Nyamwezi adj. A. n. A member of a Bantu-speaking people of western Tanzania. Cf. Nyamwezi n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > Bantu peoples Swahili1814 Chagga1823 Mashona1835 Wagogo1840 Wachagga1849 Tumbuka1850 Sukuma1860 Wanyamwezi1860 Babemba1867 Kavirondo1870 Nyamwezi1885 Bemba1887 Chewa1887 Shangaan1887 Rwanda1889 Awemba1890 Yao1894 Ngoni1899 Nyanja1899 Kisii1905 Ganda1906 Meru1908 Lamba1909 Hutu1922 Lozi1935 Ila1956 Gogo1957 1860 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. I. iii. 96 Meat is scarce: the only cattle are those driven down by the Wanyamwezi to the coast. 1881 Church Missionary Intelligencer & Rec. Sept. 556/1 Some Wanyamwezi, who were going to the coast,..went at it [sc. a giraffe carcase], and quickly cut it all up. 1914 E. Bennet Shots & Snapshots vi. 165 Suddenly Hamis, a Wanyamwezi, called out that he saw game. 1955 J. F. R. Hill & J. P. Moffett Tanganyika 515 The Wanyamwezi are one of the more virile and hard-working tribes of the Territory, and also one of the largest. 2015 Africa News (Nexis) 9 Apr. Traditions also die hard in central Tanzania mainly among the Wagogo and Wanyamwezi. B. adj. Of or belonging to a Bantu-speaking people of western Tanzania; designating this people. Cf. Nyamwezi adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > Bantu peoples Wagogo1840 Swahilian1846 Tumbuka1850 Wanyamwezi1860 Rwanda1864 Nyasa1887 Ngoni1891 Mashona1893 Ganda1894 Ila1907 Meru1908 Chewa1909 Yao1910 Nyanja1923 Lozi1937 Nyamwezi1939 Sukuma1953 Lamba1956 Gogo1969 1860 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. II. xii. 4 According to the people..in the days of the grandfathers of their grandfathers the last of the Wanyamwezi emperors died. 1887 J. W. Buel Fighting in Afr. vi. 86 He fell in with some Arab traders and four hundred Wanyamwezi people, who were trying to get out of the country. 1910 C. H. Stigand To Abyssinia i. 19 He had carefully selected a very promising-looking crew of stalwart Wanyamwezi ruffians. 1928 Africa 1 41 This manner of increasing the volume of sound..occasionally [extends] over the whole of the last line of the stanza (e.g. in Wanixa and Wanyamwezi songs). 2012 Africa News (Nexis) 31 May The Wasukuma, Wanyamwezi, Wakurya and Wajita systems of marriage where a dowry has to be paid in the form of cows to enrich the parents. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1860
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