| 释义 |
Yaqui, n. and a.|ˈjækɪ|
[a. Sp., earlier Hiaquis pl., ad. Yaqui hiaki.]
A. n.
a. (A member of) an Indian people of north-western Mexico.
1861Hist. Mag. V. 164/2 The Indian population is large, and, properly regulated, would be exceedingly useful... The most numerous tribe is that of the Yaquis. 1875H. H. Bancroft Native Races of Pacific States I. v. 575 The Chinipas, Yaquis, Ópatas and Conchos build..more substantial dwellings of timber and adobes. 1946Nature 13 July 69/2 The Cáhita Indians of western Mexico consist of two surviving groups, the Yaqui and the Mayo. 1953E. Haugen Norwegian Lang. in Amer. II. xiv. 367 An interesting description is available of conditions among the Yaqui, a tribe in Arizona, whose villages were hispanicized by missionaries and political functionaries by the end of the 17th century. 1977C. Schaeffer tr. Simenon's Bottom of Bottle vi. 95 He was a Yaqui, bigger and stronger than I am.
b. The Uto-Aztecan language of the Yaqui.
1911Bull. U.S. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. No. 44. 12 Three dialects—Yaqui, Mayo, and Tehueco—are usually mentioned. 1943Amer. Anthropologist XLV. 428 Yaqui and Mayo stand in the relation of mutually intelligible dialects. 1957Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 1956 xxvi. 55 In Yaqui the Spanish word díos ‘God’ appears both as díos and líos.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating the Yaqui.
1861Hist. Mag. V. 165/1 From that day [sc. 1609] to this, the Yaqui Indians have retained their pueblos, or towns, along their river, governed by chiefs of their own tribe, appointed by the Spanish and Mexican governments. 1884H. H. Bancroft Hist. N. Amer. States ix. 216 A party of Tehuecos were..sent with two converted Yaqui women. 1943Amer. Anthropologist XLV. 428 A fuller consideration..of Yaqui history. 1964F. O'Rourke Mule for Marquesa (1967) ii. 24 From Nogales he peddled arms and ammunition.., his most valued customers the Yaqui Indians. 1978Tucson Mag. Dec. 104/3 They perform a Yaqui Deer Dance in addition to Aztec dances and a variety of regional folk dances. |