单词 | guarani |
释义 | Guaranin. 1. One of the main divisions of Tupi-Guarani, a family of South American Indian languages; also, a speaker of one of these languages. Also attributive or as adj. Cf. Tupi-Guarani. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [noun] > Indians of South America Patagona1544 Mochica1581 Arawak1596 Arawakan1596 Tapuia1613 Quechua1688 Galibi1698 Abipon1717 Pehuenche1756 Patagonian1767 Amazonian Indian1769 Warao1769 Tehuelche1774 Abiponian1786 two-finger1796 Guarani1797 Shipibo1805 Araucanian1809 Tupinamba1810 Muisca1814 Pampas Indian1820 Guaycuru1822 Lengua1822 Fuegian1825 Wapishana1836 Wai Wai1840 Yucatec1843 Tupi1845 Tupi-Guarani1850 Amazonian1858 Aymara1860 Jivaro1862 Lokono1868 Quechuan1871 Yucatecan1871 Yunca1871 Mapuche1876 Chibcha1877 Ona1884 Yahgan1884 Terena1891 Xavante1904 urubu1948 Saramaccan1959 Yanomamö1965 Mochican1967 the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > Equatorial > Tupi-Guarani Tupi-Guarani1850 Guarani1900 urubu1983 1797 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 730/1 The Guaranies resolved to quit their settlements in the neighbourhood of the Portuguese, and to remove into the province of Paraguay. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 226/1 The Guaranis compose the bulk of the population [of Paraguay]. 1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 702/1 The supposition..that the Guarani tribes are the remnants of a once powerful and united people, is scarcely admissible. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 244/2 The inhabitants of Paraguay are mainly Guaranis or halfbreeds with a strong proportion of Guarani blood. 1900 Fortn. Rev. Jan. 79 There the women speak nothing but the Guarany language, and the men use only Guarany in talking to them, whereas among themselves the men always speak Spanish. 1947 Whitaker's Almanack 939/1 Most of the inhabitants are bi-lingual, speaking Guarani (the language of the extinct tribe of Indian inhabitants at the time of the Spanish occupation) and Spanish. 1959 Times 1 June (Lat. Amer. Suppl.) p. ii/2 Guaraní is still the language of many people. 2. (With lower-case initial.) The currency unit of Paraguay, consisting of 100 centimos, introduced in 1943. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > specific Central and South American milreis1589 boliviano1872 cordoba1913 lempira1931 cruzeiro1942 Guarani1943 inti1985 real1994 1943 Economist 6 Nov. 624/2 The guarani will replace the ‘peso fuerte’ at the rate of 1 guarani for 100 pesos. 1947 Whitaker's Almanack 939/1 From November 4, 1943, a new currency unit (Guarani, plural Guaranies) symbolised by a crossed G, replaced the Peso Fuerte at the rate of 1 Guarani = 100 Pesos, and 1·75 Guaranies = 1 Gold Peso. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1797 |
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