milpan.

Brit.

/ˈmɪlpə/, U.S.

/ˈmɪlpə/

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish milpa.

Etymology: < Mexican Spanish milpa (1568 in this sense; 1552–3 in plural form milpas in sense ‘property, estates’) < Nahuatl milpan < mil- (in milli cultivated field) + -pan (postposition) on the surface of, in, on.

In Central America and Mexico: a small cultivated field, usually of corn or maize.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [noun] > corn-land or -field

cornlanda1387

cornfield?1523

corn-ground1548

granary1570

milpa1648

kerning-ground1732

seeds1794

walk1797

corn belt1882

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xviii. 123 Indian Milpa's, which are plantations of Indian wheat.

1822 P. F. Cabrera Teatro Critico Americ. 123 They then appoint the Milpa or place,where..they are brought into the presence of the Nagual.

1844 J. Gregg Commerce of Prairies vii. 150 The labores and milpas (cultivated fields) are often..without any enclosure.

1869 J. R. Browne Adventures Apache Country 164 Our houses were closely picketed in the milpas, or corn-fields, down by the river.

1934 A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 216 The peasant may need only two or three acres for his milpa.

1956 R. Redfield Peasant Society & Culture iv. 118 To the Maya Indian labor on the milpa is dignified by its connections with religion and manly virtue.

1994 Hispanic Jan. 6/2 When I asked a group of little girls if they would like to go on a walk with me to the milpas (maize fields), the immediate reply was, ‘No, because the diablos will get us!’

Compounds

attributive. Designating a method of cultivation involving cyclic burning off, forest re-establishment, and cultivation; slash-and-burn; esp. in milpa system.

ΚΠ

1926 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 16 67 This milpa plan of farming.

1936 Nature 26 Dec. 1090/1 The cultivation of maize..is on the milpa system; that is, a plot, after being burned off, is cultivated for two years, when it is allowed to revert to forest conditions, taking about eight to ten years to become completely re-established and ready for burning off again.

1964 Sci. Amer. Nov. 101/1 In Central America the Mayas,..who depended greatly on the milpa system of agriculture, were forced to abandon their cities and move north into Mexico.

1974 Environmental Conservation 1 17/1 This is the so-called ‘slash-and-burn’ or ‘milpa’ system, as practised in the humid tropics.

1994 Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 23 190 Although there was a degree of capital investment in some areas that indicates short-fallow (rather than swidden) systems, most specialists now consider such artificial econiches as complementary to..milpa farming.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	milpa
释义	milpan. Brit. /ˈmɪlpə/, U.S. /ˈmɪlpə/ Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish milpa. Etymology: < Mexican Spanish milpa (1568 in this sense; 1552–3 in plural form milpas in sense ‘property, estates’) < Nahuatl milpan < mil- (in milli cultivated field) + -pan (postposition) on the surface of, in, on. In Central America and Mexico: a small cultivated field, usually of corn or maize. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [noun] > corn-land or -field cornlanda1387 cornfield?1523 corn-ground1548 granary1570 milpa1648 kerning-ground1732 seeds1794 walk1797 corn belt1882 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xviii. 123 Indian Milpa's, which are plantations of Indian wheat. 1822 P. F. Cabrera Teatro Critico Americ. 123 They then appoint the Milpa or place,where..they are brought into the presence of the Nagual. 1844 J. Gregg Commerce of Prairies vii. 150 The labores and milpas (cultivated fields) are often..without any enclosure. 1869 J. R. Browne Adventures Apache Country 164 Our houses were closely picketed in the milpas, or corn-fields, down by the river. 1934 A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 216 The peasant may need only two or three acres for his milpa. 1956 R. Redfield Peasant Society & Culture iv. 118 To the Maya Indian labor on the milpa is dignified by its connections with religion and manly virtue. 1994 Hispanic Jan. 6/2 When I asked a group of little girls if they would like to go on a walk with me to the milpas (maize fields), the immediate reply was, ‘No, because the diablos will get us!’ Compounds attributive. Designating a method of cultivation involving cyclic burning off, forest re-establishment, and cultivation; slash-and-burn; esp. in milpa system. ΚΠ 1926 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 16 67 This milpa plan of farming. 1936 Nature 26 Dec. 1090/1 The cultivation of maize..is on the milpa system; that is, a plot, after being burned off, is cultivated for two years, when it is allowed to revert to forest conditions, taking about eight to ten years to become completely re-established and ready for burning off again. 1964 Sci. Amer. Nov. 101/1 In Central America the Mayas,..who depended greatly on the milpa system of agriculture, were forced to abandon their cities and move north into Mexico. 1974 Environmental Conservation 1 17/1 This is the so-called ‘slash-and-burn’ or ‘milpa’ system, as practised in the humid tropics. 1994 Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 23 190 Although there was a degree of capital investment in some areas that indicates short-fallow (rather than swidden) systems, most specialists now consider such artificial econiches as complementary to..milpa farming. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1648
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