| 释义 |
piki|ˈpiːkɪ|
[Hopi.]
Bread made from maize-meal, baked in very thin sheets on heated stones by the Hopi Indians of the south western U.S. Also attrib.
1889in Cent. Dict. s.v. peekee, piki. 1893 T. Donaldson Moqui Pueblo Indians 72 Piki, or corn bread of many colors, is plentiful, and the evidences of a feast are on every hand. 1922E. S. Curtis N. Amer. Indian XII. 43 The commonest food derived from corn is piki. 1936A. M. Stephen Hopi Jrnl. II. 1197 The men quarry out and roughly dress the piki stone to required dimensions, but the women finish and smooth it by rubbing. 1948Southwestern Jrnl. Anthropol. Winter 376 Corn, flour, breadstuffs—especially piki (wafer bread)—melons, chili, and dried fruit were most sought after. 1959E. Tunis Indians 119/2 The [Hopi] Pueblos knew fifty-two ways of cooking corn. Most of them weren't unlike the ways other Indians cooked it, but the ‘paper bread’, called piki, belonged to them alone. It was made from a thin batter and was cooked on a flat stone placed over the fire. |