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单词 Ovambo
释义

Ovambo

/əʊˈvambəʊ /
noun (plural same or Ovambos)
1A member of a people of northern Namibia.The removal of the eyes was common to the Ovambos.
2 [mass noun] The Bantu language of the Ovambo.
adjective
Relating to the Ovambo or their language.McKittrick examines how Christianity, colonial rule, and wage labor in Namibia reduced young Ovambo men's dependence on their fathers and allowed them to promote competing notions of masculinity....
  • Therefore it is a thorn in their sides when members of the Ovambo people are given land in their former settlement area.
  • As for the Ovambo and Herero traditions, you will hear from the scholars very soon in detail.

Origin

A local name, from ova- (prefix denoting a plural) + ambo 'man of leisure'.

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