释义 |
Keresan|ˈkɛrəsən| [f. prec. + -an.] A linguistic group consisting of Keres only. Also attrib. or as adj.
1893[see Keres]. 1939L. H. Gray Found. Lang. xii. 408 In North America, twenty-five linguistic families are listed..Algonkin... Iroquois... Keresan with two dialects. 1950F. Eggan Social Organiz. Western Pueblos 2 The more western Keresan-speaking villages. Ibid. 223 The Keresan villages of the Rio Grande. 1968A. M. Josephy Indian Heritage Amer. xvi. 149 Keresan-speaking people of Acoma and Laguna in western New Mexico [are] considered western Pueblos. 1969H. E. Driver Indians N. Amer. (ed. 2) xxvii. 517 As one proceeds eastward, to Zuñi, Acoma, Laguna, and other Keresan pueblos, the system [of matriarchy] becomes more bilocal and bilateral. |