| 释义 |
Mazatec, n. and a.|ˈmæzətɛk|
a. (A member of) an Indian people inhabiting northern Oaxaca in southern Mexico.
b. The language of this people. Also attrib. or as adj. Hence Mazaˈtecan a.
1909Webster, Mazatec, one of a tribe of Zapotecan Indians of northeastern Oaxaca, Mexico. They raise silk and are noted for gorgeous silken fabrics. 1949E. A. Nida Morphol. (ed. 2) II. 24 Mazatec, a language of Mexico. 1957Encycl. Brit. V. 138/2 Mazatec (Guerrero, Puebla, Oaxaca; includes Trique and Chocho). 1958J. Berry in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. (1968) 751 One of the Mazatec dialects. 1962D. H. Hymes in Ibid 111 The Mazatecs of Mexico. Ibid. 129 Neighboring dialects may differ, as when one group of Mazatec abstract the tones of their language for a whistled code, while the Soyaltepec Mazatec do not. 1963Times 27 April 9/7 Land where heron live at peace with primitive Mazatecan Indians. 1967S. C. Gudschinsky How to learn Unwritten Lang. ii. 19 Transitive relationship is expressed in Mazatec by a transitive verb followed by a noun object and a noun subject. Ibid. 22 Mazatec possessive phrases are quite different from English. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VI. 728/1 The Mazatec language is most closely related to Chocho, Ixcatec, and Popoloca. Ibid., The Mazatec are Roman Catholic with syncretistic elements. |