| 释义 |
Cuna|ˈkuːnə|
Also Kuna.
a. The name of a Central American Indian people of the isthmus of Panama; a member of this people.
b. The Chibchan language of this people. Also attrib.
1868Jrnl. R. Geogr. Soc. XXXVIII. 92 The Cunas have established themselves on the shores of the Gulf of Uraba. Ibid., Every traveller is heard speaking of the ‘Indians’ of the Tuyra villages, whereas only Spanish is spoken therein, the Cuna and Darien dialects being totally unknown. 1911Thomas & Swanton Indian Lang. Mexico & Central Amer. 96 With Cuna end the languages of isthmian America on the south, the next language (Choco) being included geographically in the continent of South America. 1934L. E. E. Joyce Introd. L. Wafer's New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus of Amer. p. xvi, ‘Huaka’, the word still used by modern Cuna for ‘stranger’, with an inimical implication. 1946Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Ling. XII. 187/2 The Cuna noun neither distinguishes between different genders, nor between animate and inanimate categories. 1964E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Transl. v. 94 Cuna..not only has many metaphors but admits new ones readily. 1972Times 10 June 12/1 In the case of the Cuna..most of the tribe migrated in the nineteenth century to the San Blas islands..where they..have an element of autonomy. 1976Scotsman (Weekend Suppl.) 20 Nov. 1/3 It was manned by Charlie Smith, our first Cuna Indian. Like most of his tribe, he was short and stocky, with powerful chest, shoulders and arms, but with curiously thin legs. 1985New Yorker 14 Jan. 78/2 The Kuna of Panama are among a very few tribal groups who have adapted themselves energetically to modern ways while maintaining their cultural identity. |