Piman.²

Brit.

/ˈpiːmə/, U.S.

/ˈpimə/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Pima.

Etymology: < the name of Pima County, Arizona, where the cotton was first grown (see quot. 1914 at sense 1).

1. An extra-long staple cotton cultivar developed by the United States Department of Agriculture from Egyptian cotton and grown in the south-western United States.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > cotton-plant > types of

lump cotton1640

cotton shrub1752

kidney-cotton1789

nankeen cotton1797

sea-island1803

shrub cotton1858

tree cotton1884

Pima1914

1914 T. H. Kearney in Jrnl. Agric. Res. 2 291 Two other varieties believed to be..of mutational origin have since been developed in Arizona. They are here described under the names ‘Pima’ and ‘Gila’.

1920 Science 18 June 611/1 The Pima cotton crop of Arizona was worth approximately $20,000,000 in 1919.

1953 New Biol. 14 59 In Arizona a local selection of Egyptian origin, known as Pima, proved to be long but relatively weak.

1997 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 20 Dec. d2/3 Pima is the highest quality of cotton grown in this country, the softest and hardest to find.

2. In full Pima cotton. A superior cotton cloth made from the Pima cultivar.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > fine, light, or delicate

percaulah1614

chambray1787

balloon silk1843

Pima1925

1925 F. R. McGowan et al. Compar. Wearing Qualities of Pima & Ordinary Cotton used in Mail Bags (Technol. Papers Bureau of Standards No. 277) 81 Pima cotton pouches averaged 4.2 punctures per bag.

1936 Golden Jubilee Catal. (Sears, Roebuck & Co.) 469 Pima is the finest of all American cotton.

1962 A. Huxley Island ix. 134 A Whisper-Pink Bra in Dacron and Pima Cotton.

2001 Lands' End Catal. Christmas 33/1 Pima is a cut above cotton.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Pimaadj.n.¹

Brit.

/ˈpiːmə/, U.S.

/ˈpimə/

Inflections: Plural Pimas, unchanged.

Forms: 1800s Pijmo, 1800s Pimah, 1800s Pimo, 1800s– Pima.

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

Etymology: < Spanish Pima (1716 or earlier: cf quot. 1716) < Pimahitos (1584 as Pima aytos in B. de Obregón) < Lower Pima †pimahaitu nothing. In quot. 1811 at sense A. translating French Pimas, plural adjective, as an English plural form.1716 Documentos para la historia de México (1856) 4th Ser. I. 227 Los indios, enemigos comunes, que..continuamente hostilizan esta provincia de Sonora; y si no fuera por los pimas la hubieran quemado y aniquilado.

A. adj.

Of, designating, or relating to a North American Indian people living chiefly along the Gila and Salt rivers in Arizona, or the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by them and the Papago.In a broader sense including also related peoples of eastern Sonora and western Chihuahua referred to specifically as Lower Pima and Mountain (or Highland) Pima.

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Pima1811

Piman1891

1811 J. Black tr. A. von Humboldt Polit. Ess. New Spain II. 298 The most northern part of the intendancy of Sonora bears the name of Pimeria, on account of a numerous tribe of Pimas Indians [Fr. Indiens Pimas] who inhabit it.

c1849 J. C. Frémont Exped. (1984) III. 51 Reach the Gila river. The Pimah Village.

1877 A. S. Gatschet Indian Langs. of Pacific States in W. W. Beach Indian Misc. 429 The Pima does not extend into California, unless the extinct, historical Cajuenches, mentioned in Mexican annals, spoke one of the Pima (or Pijmo, Pimo) dialects.

1912 J. W. Fewkes Casa Grande, Ariz. 153 The Pima name Hohókam may be adopted to designate this ancestral stock.

1994 New Scientist 23 July 14/2 A high prevalence of type 2 diabetes was known in only two other populations—the Nauruans and the Pima Indians of Arizona.

B. n.¹

1. A member of the Pima people. Cf. Papago n. 1.

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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of South-Western America > [noun] > Pueblo Indians

Moqui1759

Pima1829

pueblo1834

Zuñi1834

Papago1839

Pueblo Indian1844

Taos1844

Pueblan1875

Hopi1877

Picuris1883

Puebloan1883

Tanoan1891

Piman1900

Tewa1910

Keres1925

Tohono O'odham1987

1829 R. W. H. Hardy Trav. Interior Mexico xvi. 440 The Pimas are harmless, but do not possess either the enterprise or industry of the Yaquis.

1884 A. F. Bandelier in Archæol. Inst. Amer. Rep. 5 80 The Casa Blanca and all the ruins of the Gila were the abode of the fore-fathers of the Pimas.

1929 Amer. Mercury Jan. 75/1 The Pima, I think, above all other tribes, recognize the inspirational power of tobacco smoke.

1992 Nat. Hist. Feb. 4/2 Crops failed about one year in every five, forcing the Pimas then to subsist entirely on wild foods.

2. The Uto-Aztecan language of the Pimas and Papago, esp. the dialect spoken by the Pimas.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > Central Amerindian languages > Uto-Aztecan > Pima

Pima1841

Piman1894

1841 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 11 228 Pima... 4 Kiik, 8 Kikiki, that is twice four.

1877 A. S. Gatschet Indian Langs. of Pacific States in W. W. Beach Indian Misc. 429 Pima.—Dialects of this stock are spoken on the middle course of the Gila river, and..the elevated plains of southern Arizona and northern Sonoar.

1964 S. M. Lamb in W. Bright Stud. in Californian Linguistics in Univ. Calif. Publ. Linguistics 34 110 The Papagos speak Pima.

1989 Current Anthropol. 30 543/2 Some early Spanish loanwords in Pima have been replaced by native vocabulary.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pima
释义	Piman.² Brit. /ˈpiːmə/, U.S. /ˈpimə/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Pima. Etymology: < the name of Pima County, Arizona, where the cotton was first grown (see quot. 1914 at sense 1). 1. An extra-long staple cotton cultivar developed by the United States Department of Agriculture from Egyptian cotton and grown in the south-western United States. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > cotton-plant > types of lump cotton1640 cotton shrub1752 kidney-cotton1789 nankeen cotton1797 sea-island1803 shrub cotton1858 tree cotton1884 Pima1914 1914 T. H. Kearney in Jrnl. Agric. Res. 2 291 Two other varieties believed to be..of mutational origin have since been developed in Arizona. They are here described under the names ‘Pima’ and ‘Gila’. 1920 Science 18 June 611/1 The Pima cotton crop of Arizona was worth approximately $20,000,000 in 1919. 1953 New Biol. 14 59 In Arizona a local selection of Egyptian origin, known as Pima, proved to be long but relatively weak. 1997 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 20 Dec. d2/3 Pima is the highest quality of cotton grown in this country, the softest and hardest to find. 2. In full Pima cotton. A superior cotton cloth made from the Pima cultivar. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > fine, light, or delicate percaulah1614 chambray1787 balloon silk1843 Pima1925 1925 F. R. McGowan et al. Compar. Wearing Qualities of Pima & Ordinary Cotton used in Mail Bags (Technol. Papers Bureau of Standards No. 277) 81 Pima cotton pouches averaged 4.2 punctures per bag. 1936 Golden Jubilee Catal. (Sears, Roebuck & Co.) 469 Pima is the finest of all American cotton. 1962 A. Huxley Island ix. 134 A Whisper-Pink Bra in Dacron and Pima Cotton. 2001 Lands' End Catal. Christmas 33/1 Pima is a cut above cotton. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Pimaadj.n.¹ Brit. /ˈpiːmə/, U.S. /ˈpimə/ Inflections: Plural Pimas, unchanged. Forms: 1800s Pijmo, 1800s Pimah, 1800s Pimo, 1800s– Pima. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish Pima. Etymology: < Spanish Pima (1716 or earlier: cf quot. 1716) < Pimahitos (1584 as Pima aytos in B. de Obregón) < Lower Pima †pimahaitu nothing. In quot. 1811 at sense A. translating French Pimas, plural adjective, as an English plural form.1716 Documentos para la historia de México (1856) 4th Ser. I. 227 Los indios, enemigos comunes, que..continuamente hostilizan esta provincia de Sonora; y si no fuera por los pimas la hubieran quemado y aniquilado. A. adj. Of, designating, or relating to a North American Indian people living chiefly along the Gila and Salt rivers in Arizona, or the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by them and the Papago.In a broader sense including also related peoples of eastern Sonora and western Chihuahua referred to specifically as Lower Pima and Mountain (or Highland) Pima. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective] > Uto-Aztecan > Piman Pima1811 Piman1891 1811 J. Black tr. A. von Humboldt Polit. Ess. New Spain II. 298 The most northern part of the intendancy of Sonora bears the name of Pimeria, on account of a numerous tribe of Pimas Indians [Fr. Indiens Pimas] who inhabit it. c1849 J. C. Frémont Exped. (1984) III. 51 Reach the Gila river. The Pimah Village. 1877 A. S. Gatschet Indian Langs. of Pacific States in W. W. Beach Indian Misc. 429 The Pima does not extend into California, unless the extinct, historical Cajuenches, mentioned in Mexican annals, spoke one of the Pima (or Pijmo, Pimo) dialects. 1912 J. W. Fewkes Casa Grande, Ariz. 153 The Pima name Hohókam may be adopted to designate this ancestral stock. 1994 New Scientist 23 July 14/2 A high prevalence of type 2 diabetes was known in only two other populations—the Nauruans and the Pima Indians of Arizona. B. n.¹ 1. A member of the Pima people. Cf. Papago n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of South-Western America > [noun] > Pueblo Indians Moqui1759 Pima1829 pueblo1834 Zuñi1834 Papago1839 Pueblo Indian1844 Taos1844 Pueblan1875 Hopi1877 Picuris1883 Puebloan1883 Tanoan1891 Piman1900 Tewa1910 Keres1925 Tohono O'odham1987 1829 R. W. H. Hardy Trav. Interior Mexico xvi. 440 The Pimas are harmless, but do not possess either the enterprise or industry of the Yaquis. 1884 A. F. Bandelier in Archæol. Inst. Amer. Rep. 5 80 The Casa Blanca and all the ruins of the Gila were the abode of the fore-fathers of the Pimas. 1929 Amer. Mercury Jan. 75/1 The Pima, I think, above all other tribes, recognize the inspirational power of tobacco smoke. 1992 Nat. Hist. Feb. 4/2 Crops failed about one year in every five, forcing the Pimas then to subsist entirely on wild foods. 2. The Uto-Aztecan language of the Pimas and Papago, esp. the dialect spoken by the Pimas. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > Central Amerindian languages > Uto-Aztecan > Pima Pima1841 Piman1894 1841 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 11 228 Pima... 4 Kiik, 8 Kikiki, that is twice four. 1877 A. S. Gatschet Indian Langs. of Pacific States in W. W. Beach Indian Misc. 429 Pima.—Dialects of this stock are spoken on the middle course of the Gila river, and..the elevated plains of southern Arizona and northern Sonoar. 1964 S. M. Lamb in W. Bright Stud. in Californian Linguistics in Univ. Calif. Publ. Linguistics 34 110 The Papagos speak Pima. 1989 Current Anthropol. 30 543/2 Some early Spanish loanwords in Pima have been replaced by native vocabulary. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.²1914adj.n.¹1811
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