英语词汇“hiaqua”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	hiaqua
释义	hiaqua\|ˈhaɪəkwə\| Also haiqua, haigua, etc. [Chinook Jargon, f. Nootka.] An ornament or necklace composed of tooth-shells, formerly used as money by the Indians of the north Pacific coast of North America. 1824G. Simpson Jrnl. in Fur Trade (1931) 96 The Ears are perforated all round and Beads or Hyaques suspended therefrom.a1861T. Winthrop Canoe & Saddle (1883) vii. 95 Tribes..among whom hiaqua is plenty as salmon-berries are in the woods.1862Nor' Wester (Red River Settlement) 5 Mar. 4/3 Instead of the nose jewels being ‘of tin’ they were composed of the Hyaqua shells. 1881E. B. Tylor Anthropol. xi. 282 The Indians of British Columbia, whose strings of haiqua-shells..serve them..as currency.1923Canad. Hist. Rev. IV. 37 The shell dentalium indianorum, commonly called hiquia, is much esteemed by the coast Indians, and amongst them has fulfilled some of the functions of money.1953E. E. Clark Indian Legends 220 Hiaqua..—shell money and ornaments highly prized by the Indians of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
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