| 释义 |
Tehuelche, n.|tɛˈwɛltʃeɪ|
[a. Sp. Tehuelche, f. Araucanian cheu(ù)liche, lit. ‘fearless, elusive’.]
1. (A member of) a South American Indian people inhabiting the Patagonian plain of southern Argentina; = Patagonian n.
1774T. Falkner Descr. Patagonia iv. 102 The Tehuelhets, who in Europe are known by the name of Patagons, have been, through ignorance of their idiom, called Tehuelchus: for chu signifies country or abode, and not people; which is expressed by the word het. 1865Chambers's Encycl. VII. 318/2 The mantles are made for the most part by a tribe called the Tcheouelches. 1881Encycl. Brit. XII. 829/2 Dr. A. Weissbach..represents the modern Tehuelches as amongst the most brachycephalous on the globe, approaching in this respect nearest to the chimpanzee type. 1946J. M. Cooper in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians I. i. 148 The chief hunting and fighting weapon of the early Tehuelche was the bow and arrow, which finally went out of use in the first half of the 19th century. 1983Conc. Columbia Encycl. 647/1 The origins of Patagonia's original inhabitants, such as the Tehuelches (‘Patagonian giants’) and of its unusual wildlife have greatly interested paleontologists and zoologists.
2. The language spoken by this people.
[1774T. Falkner Descr. Patagonia iv. 110 Pichua is the Tehuel name for guanaco.] 1871G. C. Musters At Home with Patagonians v. 183 Though able to converse in Tehuelche, I could not at all understand the Pampas. 1910T. Schmid Two Linguistic Treatises 15 General Mitre..collected together all the loose words in the form of a Tehuelche–Spanish Vocabulary. 1950J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians VI. 310 The three languages of Tehuelche proper were almost unintelligible, but now are less so... Ona was long considered as forming a separate family from Tehuelche. 1989Encycl. Brit. XXII. 797/2 Languages..like Ona and Tehuelche, with almost no affixing, are also rare.
Hence Teˈhuelchian a. and n.
1902H. H. Prichard Through Heart of Patagonia vi. 86 The dawn of authentic Tehuelchian history. Ibid. 103 Nor could we speak Tehuelchian. 1911Encycl. Brit. XX. 901/1 The natives of Patagonia are nearly extinct. Here and there one may find a Tehuelchian or Gennaken encampment, but natives of pure race are now very scarce. |