| 释义 |
Lango, n. and a.|ˈlæŋəʊ|
Pl. Lango, or unchanged.
[Nilotic.]
A. n.
a. A member of a village-dwelling people inhabiting the Nile region of Uganda.
b. The Nilotic language of this people.
B. attrib. and as adj. Also Langi. Of or pertaining to the Lango or their language.
1902H. Johnston Uganda Protectorate II. xx. 887 There is an obvious relationship between the Masai and the Nilotic tongues—Dinka, Shiluk..Dyur, Shangala, Acholi, Aluru..Lango, and Ja-luo. Ibid. xv. 600 The land of Bukedi was then, as now..peopled by a warlike race of Nilotic Negroes, the modern Acholi, Lango, Umiro, etc. 1902C. W. Hobley Eastern Uganda i. 7 Elgumi or Wamia (Lango stock?). 1923J. H. Driberg Lango 10, I..have noticed that several Nilotic words used by the Akum, which do not occur in Lango, are nevertheless heard in Alur and Acholi. 1946Uganda Jrnl. X. 16 The Lango are not Lwo, but instead are allied to the Karimojong. 1973Reader's Digest Feb. 186/1 The enlisted men of Uganda's army—angry because he had been packing it with men from his own Langi tribe—rose up and seized the government. 1976D. Topolski Muzungu vi. 107 We were now crossing Langi country. 1984Times 1 Sept. 9/5 Brigadier Smith Opon-Acak is a Lango but not a ‘cousin’ or any relation of President Milton Obote. |
