单词 | ohlone |
释义 | Ohlonen.adj. A. n. A member of a North American Indian people formerly inhabiting the west side of the San Francisco Peninsula of California, one of several groups speaking Ramaytush (San Francisco Costanoan). Also (more generally and in later use): a member or descendant of any of the Costanoan-speaking peoples; the Costanoan language family or its extinct component languages collectively.The more general use dates from the 1960s. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North California and South Washington > [noun] Multnomah1804 Palouse1827 Ohlone1831 Haida1841 Shasta1843 Karok1851 Wiyot1851 Pomo1852 Hupa1853 Modoc1854 Wishram1855 Yuki1858 Nisenan1873 Achumawi1874 Takelma1881 Shastan1910 Yana1910 Yahi1911 Pomoan1979 1831 F. W. Beechey Narr. Voy. to Pacific II. ii. 78 The Olchone, who inhabit the seacoast between San Francisco and Monterey, worship the sun. 1861 Calif. Farmer 31 May 106/1 The tribes of Indians upon the Bay of San Francisco..were five in number: the Ahwashtees, Ohlones (called in Spanish Costanos, or Indians of the Coast), Altahmos, Romanons, and Tuolomos. 1983 A. Walker In Search of our Mothers' Gardens 380 The Ohlones rose before dawn, stood in front of their tule houses, and facing the east shouted words of greeting and encouragement to the rising sun. 2002 ReVision (Electronic ed.) 1 Oct. 5 Extinct California languages such as Ohlone and Chumash may soon be available on CD-ROM. B. adj. (attributive). Of, relating to, or designating the Ohlones or their languages. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North California and South Washington > [adjective] Palouse1836 Haida1841 Shasta1843 Pit River1851 Yurok1851 Modoc1854 Pomo1872 Achumawi1874 Yuki1875 Nisenan1877 Takelma1907 Shastan1910 Yahi1911 Wiyot1918 Ohlone1964 1964 Indian Historian 1 11 The Ohlone Indians, whose few remaining members are scattered into the hills of central and northern California. 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 21 Jan. c7 Last weekend, workers unearthed Ohlone Indian skulls, bones and artfacts when they bulldozed a six-foot-deep hole for the garage's foundation. 2002 Modesto Bee (Nexis) 15 Dec. b1 Mutsun..is one of eight Ohlone languages. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1831 |
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