queyun.

Brit.

/ˈkweɪuː/, U.S.

/ˈkweɪu/

Forms: 1700s queiou, 1800s cuyu, 1800s quieyoo, 1800s– kway, 1800s– queyou, 1800s– queyu, 1900s– keweyu, 1900s– kuyu, 1900s– quayo.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from a Cariban language.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < a Cariban language, perhaps via Guyanese Creole. Compare South American Spanish guayuco (1648; < Cumanagoto guayuco ; compare quot. 1924).

In Guyana and neighbouring regions: a small apron-like garment worn by the women of certain Amerindian peoples, fashioned from panels of small coloured glass beads worked into intricate geometrical patterns attached to fringes of cotton, and fastened by strings of similar beads tied around the waist.

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1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam I. xv. 386 The women wear an apron of cotton, with party-coloured glass beads strung upon it, which they call queiou.

1806 G. Pinckard Notes W. Indies II. 444 Sometimes..the women use a small apron about three or four inches square, which..serves by way of a fig-leaf. These aprons they call kways.

1866 R. Duff Brit. Guiana xi. 261 The only covering which the females wore was the quieyoo,..hung in front of the person by a string fastened round the loins.

1895 Timehri 9 144 The queyus too were remarkable owing to their small bead surface, the greater extent being taken up by wide cotton fringes.

1924 38th Ann. Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1916–17 xxi. 446 The Creole terms kway.., queyu, kuyu, etc., applied to the glass-bead apron, is [sic] apparently identical with that of the original cotton loin-cloth guayuco of the Orinoco Indians.

1965 J. Yde Material Culture of Waiwái 199 The bead apron, keweyu.., is as indispensable a garment to the women as is the kamisa to the men.

1996 E. G. Breslaw Tituba i. 17 (caption) The women..wore a queyu, an apron sometimes of cloth or beads held up by strings around the waist.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	queyu
释义	queyun. Brit. /ˈkweɪuː/, U.S. /ˈkweɪu/ Forms: 1700s queiou, 1800s cuyu, 1800s quieyoo, 1800s– kway, 1800s– queyou, 1800s– queyu, 1900s– keweyu, 1900s– kuyu, 1900s– quayo. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from a Cariban language. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < a Cariban language, perhaps via Guyanese Creole. Compare South American Spanish guayuco (1648; < Cumanagoto guayuco ; compare quot. 1924). In Guyana and neighbouring regions: a small apron-like garment worn by the women of certain Amerindian peoples, fashioned from panels of small coloured glass beads worked into intricate geometrical patterns attached to fringes of cotton, and fastened by strings of similar beads tied around the waist. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > apron > types of barm-felc1350 barm-skinc1440 ribskin1440 ribbing-skinc1450 fore-smock1536 apron1654 trashbag1688 bib-apron1750 queyu1796 mantlea1825 praskeen1827 dick1838 dicky1847 towser1865 Mother Hubbard1877 barvel1878 waulk-apron1886 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam I. xv. 386 The women wear an apron of cotton, with party-coloured glass beads strung upon it, which they call queiou. 1806 G. Pinckard Notes W. Indies II. 444 Sometimes..the women use a small apron about three or four inches square, which..serves by way of a fig-leaf. These aprons they call kways. 1866 R. Duff Brit. Guiana xi. 261 The only covering which the females wore was the quieyoo,..hung in front of the person by a string fastened round the loins. 1895 Timehri 9 144 The queyus too were remarkable owing to their small bead surface, the greater extent being taken up by wide cotton fringes. 1924 38th Ann. Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1916–17 xxi. 446 The Creole terms kway.., queyu, kuyu, etc., applied to the glass-bead apron, is [sic] apparently identical with that of the original cotton loin-cloth guayuco of the Orinoco Indians. 1965 J. Yde Material Culture of Waiwái 199 The bead apron, keweyu.., is as indispensable a garment to the women as is the kamisa to the men. 1996 E. G. Breslaw Tituba i. 17 (caption) The women..wore a queyu, an apron sometimes of cloth or beads held up by strings around the waist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1796
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