| 单词 |
Yakö |
| 释义 |
Yakö, n. (and a.)|ˈjɑːkə(ʊ)|
Also Yako, (in early use) Yache. Pl. unchanged.
[Yakö self-designation.]
(A member of) a Nigerian people, centred on the town of Umor in the Cross River region. Also attrib. or as adj.
The Yakö have been much studied as an example of a double-descent society.
1926P. A. Talbot Peoples S. Nigeria I. vi. 230 A patrol visited the Yache country, and a military escort marched through Afikpo District. 1938Jrnl. R. Anthrop. Inst. LXVIII. 311 Umor..is the largest of the five villages of a semi-Bantu people who call themselves Yakö. 1957Ld. Hailey Afr. Survey 1956 ii. 36 The Yako have an interesting system whereby persons reckon descent for different purposes through both male and female line. 1984Barnard & Good Res. Pract. in Study of Kinship vii. 143 Double descent..can..involve conflicts between entire groups, such as those between Yakö villages. Ibid., A Yakö can exert influence..through his ties with his father's matrilineage or his wife's matrilineage. |
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