单词 | ona |
释义 | Onan.adj. Now historical. A. n. 1. A member of a South American Indian people formerly inhabiting the islands of Tierra del Fuego. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [noun] > Indians of South America Patagona1544 Mochica1581 Arawak1596 Arawakan1596 Tapuia1613 Quechua1688 Galibi1698 Abipon1717 Pehuenche1756 Patagonian1767 Amazonian Indian1769 Warao1769 Tehuelche1774 Abiponian1786 two-finger1796 Guarani1797 Shipibo1805 Araucanian1809 Tupinamba1810 Muisca1814 Pampas Indian1820 Guaycuru1822 Lengua1822 Fuegian1825 Wapishana1836 Wai Wai1840 Yucatec1843 Tupi1845 Tupi-Guarani1850 Amazonian1858 Aymara1860 Jivaro1862 Lokono1868 Quechuan1871 Yucatecan1871 Yunca1871 Mapuche1876 Chibcha1877 Ona1884 Yahgan1884 Terena1891 Xavante1904 urubu1948 Saramaccan1959 Yanomamö1965 Mochican1967 1884 Amer. Naturalist 18 99 The archipelago is occupied by three races, the Alacalufs in the west, the Onas in the east, and the Yagans in the south. 1904 W. S. Barclay in Geogr. Jrnl. 23 62 The Onas of Tierra del Fuego. 1937 R. H. Lowie Hist. Ethnol. Theory xi. 192 The Ona..solve most of their problems by an appeal to shamanism. 1961 G. Clark Prehistory ix. 238 The Yahgan and their neighbours the Ona and Alacu maintained down to modern times the most southerly settlements of mankind. 1994 New Leader (Nexis) 14 Mar. 10 The last full-blooded Ona died in 1982. 2. The Chon language spoken by the Onas. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > Andean Amerindian languages Araucanian1809 Aymara1860 Ona1911 Jivaro1927 Shipibo1948 1911 Amer. Anthropologist 13 94 The author..was born at the Mission of Ushuaia..and learned the Ona language from childhood, which makes this the most accurate vocabulary of Ona in existence. 1946 J. M. Cooper in Handbk. of S. Amer. Indians I. 108 In contrast to Yahgan, Ona is characterized by explosives and gutturals. 1953 W. J. Entwistle Aspects of Lang. 319 Puelche and Tehuelche are spoken on the Argentine plains, and Alacaluf, Yahgan, and Ona in the island fringe. 1989 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 797/2 Languages..like Ona and Tehuelche, with almost no affixing, are also rare. B. adj. 1. Belonging or relating to the Onas. ΚΠ 1904 W. S. Barclay in Geogr. Jrnl. 23 69 They make use of an elusive, half-breathed final n, which in ordinary conversation is inaudible to all but Ona ears. 1924 R. Kent Voy. Southward from Strait of Magellan 183 I have crossed the mountains from Haberton to Lago Fognano, and seen there Ona maidens so ravishingly beautiful that one must marvel how I ever parted from them. 1975 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 8 Jan. 14/5 The last survivor of the Ona Indians, a tribe that lived in Tierra del Fuego.., has died near Punta Arenas in extreme southern Chile. 1997 Condé Nast Traveler Mar. 96/2 [The women explained] how to distinguish an Ona Indian brushwood shelter from another built by the Yahgans. 2. Of or relating to the Chon language spoken by the Onas. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective] > Andean languages Araucanian1809 Taino1836 Aymaran1902 Ona1911 1911 Amer. Anthropologist 13 94 The author..was born at the Mission of Ushuaia..and learned the Ona language from childhood, which makes this the most accurate vocabulary of Ona in existence. 1917 J. M. Cooper Analyt. & Crit. Bibliogr. of Tribes of Tierra del Fuego 53 Very little has been published on Ona morphology. 1967 J. M. Cooper Analyt. & Crit. Bibliography of Tribes of Tierra Del Fuego 120 Señor Popper did not learn the Ona language, but used an interpreter. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1884 |
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