| 释义 |
Yawelmani, n. (and a.)|jɑːwɛlˈmɑːnɪ|
Also Yauelmani.
[a. Yawelmani yaw̓elmani, pl. of yaw̓lamniˀ.]
a. A North American Indian people living in California.
b. The Yokuts language of this people. Also attrib. or as adj.
1907A. L. Kroeber Yokuts Lang. S. Central Calif. ii. 279 The Yauelmani, or at least the people at present speaking this dialect, are more numerous on Tule river reservation than the Yaudanchi... The Yauelmani territory seems to have been on Kern river in the vicinity of Bakersfield and in the plains northward. Ibid. iii. 332 In certain Valley dialects, such as Yauelmani, s and ts are almost always heard. 1944S. S. Newman Yokuts Lang. Calif. 20 The impure vowels are unstable and seem to be disappearing under the impact of Yawelmani, the lingua franca of the Tule River Reservation, where Wikchamni is spoken. 1967Language XLIII. 208 A Yawelmani word consists of a series of one or more syllables, of which one bears stress. 1980C. Cullen tr. Dell's Generative Phonol. & French Phonol. iii. 120 Our second example is borrowed from the Yawelmani dialect of Yokuts, an American Indian language of California. |