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单词 urubu
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urubun.

/uːruːˈbuː/
Etymology: < Brazilian (Tupi) urubú.
The black vulture Cathartes foetens or atrata, native to the southern United States and South America.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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