Zimban.

Brit.

/ˈzɪmbə/, U.S.

/ˈzɪmbə/, East African English

/ˈzimba/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, Zimbas.

Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese Zimba.

Etymology: < Portuguese Zimba (1609 in the passage translated in quot. 1625), apparently < a word in an unidentified African language of the region (it is also unclear whether this was originally a self-designation or a name or description used by others).The alternative form Muzimbas (cited in quots. 1625 and 1901; < Portuguese Muzimbas (1609 in the passage translated)) appears to reflect a form in a Bantu language with the singular class prefix for a person, with subsequent addition of the Portuguese plural ending -s. Zimba or Zimbas are also attested as place names at an early date (1600 or earlier in English; 1592 or earlier in Italian), but there is no direct evidence linking these to the Zimba people.

historical.

A member of an East African people of the Zambezi valley who came into conflict with the Portuguese in the late 16th cent.

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Zimba1625

Tambouki1786

Hottentot1795

Morolong1815

Oorlam1815

Barolong1823

Tembu1827

Fingo1829

Ngwaketsea1832

Ovaherero1851

Lunda1857

Herero1862

Swazi1878

Magwamba1884

Khoisan1929

Rolong1937

1625 tr. J. dos Santos in S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. xii. §iv. 1551 Before Tete, on the otherside of the Riuer within Land to the East and North-east, are two kinds of Man-eating Cafres, the Mumbos and Zimbas or Muzimbas [Pg. Zimbas, ou Muzimbas], who eate those they take in warre, and their slaues also when they are past labour, and sell it as Beefe or Mutton.

1733 in tr. Anc. Accts. India & China Remarks 6 Most of the Cafres on the Coast of Barbary are Anthropophagites also, and particularly those call'd Zimbas.

1817 J. Leyden & H. Murray Hist. Acct. Discov. & Trav. Afr. II. ii. vi. 364 They [sc. the Portuguese] had a series of terrible wars to sustain, from an inroad of the Mumbos or Zimbas, a tribe described as resembling the Giagas.

1913 C. A. Stigand Land of Zinj i. 17 The Zimba, a powerful tribe of barbarians who lived N.E. of Tete on the Zambezi, are now first heard of in these parts. In 1588 they invaded Kilwa, and the next year passed up the coast and invaded Mombasa.

2012 A. J. Andrea & J. H. Overfield Human Rec. II. (ed. 7) i. iii. 88 The military campaigns in southeast Africa launched in the late sixteenth century by the people known as the Zimba.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	zimba
释义	Zimban. Brit. /ˈzɪmbə/, U.S. /ˈzɪmbə/, East African English /ˈzimba/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, Zimbas. Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese Zimba. Etymology: < Portuguese Zimba (1609 in the passage translated in quot. 1625), apparently < a word in an unidentified African language of the region (it is also unclear whether this was originally a self-designation or a name or description used by others).The alternative form Muzimbas (cited in quots. 1625 and 1901; < Portuguese Muzimbas (1609 in the passage translated)) appears to reflect a form in a Bantu language with the singular class prefix for a person, with subsequent addition of the Portuguese plural ending -s. Zimba or Zimbas are also attested as place names at an early date (1600 or earlier in English; 1592 or earlier in Italian), but there is no direct evidence linking these to the Zimba people. historical. A member of an East African people of the Zambezi valley who came into conflict with the Portuguese in the late 16th cent. 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 1625 tr. J. dos Santos in S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. xii. §iv. 1551 Before Tete, on the otherside of the Riuer within Land to the East and North-east, are two kinds of Man-eating Cafres, the Mumbos and Zimbas or Muzimbas [Pg. Zimbas, ou Muzimbas], who eate those they take in warre, and their slaues also when they are past labour, and sell it as Beefe or Mutton. 1733 in tr. Anc. Accts. India & China Remarks 6 Most of the Cafres on the Coast of Barbary are Anthropophagites also, and particularly those call'd Zimbas. 1817 J. Leyden & H. Murray Hist. Acct. Discov. & Trav. Afr. II. ii. vi. 364 They [sc. the Portuguese] had a series of terrible wars to sustain, from an inroad of the Mumbos or Zimbas, a tribe described as resembling the Giagas. 1913 C. A. Stigand Land of Zinj i. 17 The Zimba, a powerful tribe of barbarians who lived N.E. of Tete on the Zambezi, are now first heard of in these parts. In 1588 they invaded Kilwa, and the next year passed up the coast and invaded Mombasa. 2012 A. J. Andrea & J. H. Overfield Human Rec. II. (ed. 7) i. iii. 88 The military campaigns in southeast Africa launched in the late sixteenth century by the people known as the Zimba. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1625
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