| 释义 |
Purum Anthrop.|ˈpʊrʊm|
Pl. Purum, Purums.
The name of a tribe of Mongoloid peoples living near the Indo-Burmese border, whose kinship system is characterized by matrilateral cross-cousin marriage; also attrib. or as adj.
1912J. Shakespear Lushei Kuki Clans ii. iii. 150 It is said that ‘Pu rum’ means ‘hide from tiger’, which connects them closely with the Lamgang legend. Ibid. 153 Among the..Purum and Lamgang marriages must be made within the clan, but not within the family. 1945T. Das Purums 2 Terms of address used by male and female members of one sib in respect of the members of the remaining sibs also helped to form a correct idea about the ancient laws of Purum marriage. 1958R. Needham in Amer. Anthropologist LX. 83 He also worked these out from Purum statements about who ought to marry whom. 1967R. Fox Kinship & Marriage viii. 217 The picture of the Murngin then is of a ‘Purum’ type community with clans but with lineages as the operating units marrying asymmetrically. 1971W. Wilder in R. Needham Rethinking Kinship & Marriage ix. 214 Some recent discussions..are about as far removed from Purum facts as it is possible to get and still call the material ‘Purum’. |