| 释义 |
Pomo, n. and a.|ˈpəʊməʊ|
[See quot. 1978.]
A. n.
a. An Indian people of Northern California; a member of this people.
b. Any of the languages of this people.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating this people or their languages. Hence Poˈmoan, the group of Pomo languages. Also as adj.
[1852G. Gibbs Jrnl. 2 Feb. in H. R. Schoolcraft Hist. & Stat. Information Indian Tribes (1853) III. 112 Four bands consented to enter into a treaty, viz., the Sah-nel, Yukai, Pomo, and Masu-ta-kaya; numbering in all, as was supposed, 1042 souls.] 1872Overland Monthly Apr. 328/1 The great family of Pomos on Russian River..have many dialects, and a name for each—as Ballo Ki Pomos, Cahto Pomos, etc. 1875H. H. Bancroft Native Races Pacific States I. 362 The Pomos, which name signifies ‘people’, and is the collective appellation of a number of tribes living in Potter Valley... Each tribe of the nation takes a distinguishing prefix to the name of Pomo, as, the Castel Pomos and Ki Pomos. 1881[see Klamath]. 1910F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians II. 277/1 The Pomo were the most southerly stock on the coast not brought under the mission influence of the Franciscans. 1913[see Hokan]. 1933M. R. Harrington Gypsum Cave, Nevada 87 The Pomo ‘tee-weave’ is somewhat similar. 1936G. A. Reichard Navajo Shepherd & Weaver 149 To demonstrate his skill..a Pomo Indian basket-maker fashions a basket so small it must be kept in a tiny bottle. 1959E. Tunis Indians 113/2 One tribe, the Pomos, made baskets that were possibly the finest ever made in the world. 1965Language XLI. 304 Well-known families such as Pomoan, Chumashan, and Yuman. Ibid. 305 Pomo..shows no initial vowel in any of the languages. 1973A. H. Whiteford N. Amer. Indian Arts 39 One-rod coiling was done by the Pomo and Paiute. 1977Language LIII. 260/2 This work..is the first descriptive account ever published of the phonology and grammar of Southeastern Pomo, one of seven distinct languages comprising the Pomoan family within the Hokan stock. 1978Handbk. N. Amer. Indians VIII. 277/1 The word Pomo originated in two Northern Pomo forms that are quite distinct in the native language but that became confused in early writings. The earliest known recordings..give Pomo as the name of an Indian group on the east fork of the Russian River. For a village in southern Potter Valley, on the east fork of that river, Vihman..provides the full phonemic form: phó·mo· ‘at red earth hole’... A second source..is based on Northern Pomo phóˀmaˀ.., which is added to place-names to designate those that live at that place. |