| 释义 |
Zuñi|ˈzuːnjɪ|
Also Zuni. Pl. usu. Zuñi.
a. A Pueblo Indian inhabiting the valley of the Zuñi, New Mexico. Also Zuni Indian.
1834A. Pike Prose Sk. & Poems 200 The Moqui (pronounced Mokee,) and the Suni (Sunee) live near the Nabajo. 1853L. Sitgreaves Exped. Zuñi & Colorado Rivers 5 The cornfields of the Zuni Indians extend..for several miles. 1883Century Mag. XXV. 201 Zūni food prepared in Zūni fashion. Ibid. 202/1 The domestic life of the Zūnis. 1898A. Lang Making Relig. xiv. 275 In the Zuñi hymn we have the myth of the marriage of Heaven and Earth. 1910F. W. Hodge Hand. Amer. Indians North of Mexico II. 1017/1 Fray Martin de Arvide..was killed by 5 Zuñi. 1929Amer. Speech V. 115 Among these Pueblo tribes we find..the Zuñi, who called themselves Ashiwi, Zuñi being a Spanish adaptation of Sunyitsi, the Keresan name for this tribe. 1937A. Huxley Ends & Means iii. 20 Among the Zuñi Indians..individuals are not led into the kind of temptation which invites the men of our civilization to work for fame, wealth, social position or power. 1960R. C. Bell Board & Table Games I. ii. 49 The Zuni Indians played another game on the roof-tops called Kolowis Awithlaknannai. 1969Vogue Nov. 30/2 Marvellous chokers, from the Zuni of the southwest.
b. The language of this people.
1882Atlantic Monthly Sept. 367/2 Then I spoke in Zuñi. 1932[see Athapascan n. 2]. 1956J. Lotz in Saporta & Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 12/2 Color-recognition tests were given to both Zuni and English speakers. 1972Language XLVIII. 847 His list can be supplemented from..Yuma, Zuni.
Hence ˈZuñian, Zunyan a.
1885Science 25 Sept. 267/2 This clay model of the Zuñian owl. |