单词 | urubu |
释义 | urubun. The black vulture Cathartes foetens or atrata, native to the southern United States and South America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Cathartidae (New World vultures) > [noun] > coragyps atratus (black vulture) black vulture1575 urubu1676 1676 F. Willughby & J. Ray Ornithologiæ 68 The Brasil Vulture called Urubu. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. at Vultur The Brasilian, white-legged vultur, called by some authors urubu and aura. In size it is equal to the common kite. 1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 119 The Urubu or carrion crow of the south. 1870 P. Gillmore tr. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds 604 In these countries the Urubus perform the whole duty of cleansing the public streets from all kinds of filth and garbage. 1884 F. Whymper in Girl's Own Paper 28 June 613/1 Note..hard by, the sociable vulture,..the urubu of South America. Draft additions 1993 2. With capital initial. a. (A member of) a South American Indian people inhabiting parts of north-eastern Brazil, known esp. for their feather-work art. 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 1948 C. Nimuendajú in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians III. 135 The Guajá..stole from the plantations of the Tembé, Guajajara, and Urubú. 1948 C. Nimuendajú in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians III. 136 Some Guajá bows and arrows were procured in 1913 by a punitive expedition against the then hostile Urubú Indians. 1956 F. Huxley Affable Savages v. 58 They dislike being called Urubu, which means vulture, a name first put on them by the Tembés... The name seems to come from the Urubu war-cry, ‘Uruhu ne u!’ ‘Vultures eat you!’ 1956 F. Huxley Affable Savages v. 65 Formal manners, feather ornaments, paint: these not only mark the Urubus as being caápor-té, true Indians, but are signs of an ideal they are constantly trying to realise. 1973 E. Brooks et al. Tribes of Amazon Basin in Brazil ii. 90 We reluctantly had to forego this visit to the Urubu. b. The Tupi-Guarani language of this people. Also attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [adjective] > Indians of South America Arawakan1596 Patagonian?1609 Arawak1625 Abiponian1786 Araucanian1809 Quechua1811 Muisca1814 Fuegian1825 Wapishana1836 Wai Wai1840 Pehuenche1843 Quechuan1862 Incarial1863 Mochica1871 Yucatecan1871 Shipibo1875 Yucatec1875 Incaean1880 Incan1885 Guaycuru1891 Jivaroan1902 Tehuelchian1902 Tupian1902 Xavante1904 Incarian1909 Abipon1912 Incaic1926 Lokono1953 Mochican1953 Saramaccan1959 Mapuche1961 Yahgan1961 Yanomamö1967 urubu1983 the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective] > Tupian Tupian1902 urubu1983 the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > Equatorial > Tupi-Guarani Tupi-Guarani1850 Guarani1900 urubu1983 1983 Word 34 61 A number of Brazilian Amazon languages (e.g., Apuriña, Urubú, Xavante, and Nadeb) also rely on both pragmatic and syntactic considerations in determining linear order. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1676 |
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