ronko

词形变化

ronkos 复数 ronkos

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A traditional loose-fitting knee-length garment worn by chiefs, blacksmiths, warriors, and secret society officials in certain tribes of Sierra Leone, particularly the Limba, Koranko, and Yalunka, and said to protect against both natural and supernatural weapons when worn in battle.

    Many campaign posters showed candidates wearing "ronkos," or rust-colored cotton vests bathed in special herbs to guard them against invisible bullets.

    The same mural shows a government soldier, called 'Commando Spider', dressed in a ronko, but slaying a rebel, presumably behind enemy lines.

    Their clothes? It was ronkos and the short trousers.

词源

From the Limba word hu-ronko.

来源：wiktionary