单词 | pomoan |
释义 | Pomoann.adj. A. n. 1. A family of seven mutually unintelligible North American Indian languages spoken in northern California. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > northern Amerindian > Hokan > Pomo Pomo1872 Pomoan1963 1963 Language 39 43 There may have been as many as five such families a little over a century ago, viz. Shastan..; Palaihnihan..; Pomoan..; Chumashan..; and Yuman. 1979 M. Langdon in L. Campbell & M. Mithun Langs. Native. Amer. 598 Hokanists have been aware of unusual similarities between Pomoan and Yuman for some time. 1986 Language 62 79 In a number of North American families (Uto-Aztecan, Yuman, Pomoan, Siouan, Algonkian, Caddoan), instrumental, locative, and directional affixes on verbs are grammaticalized. 1998 Amer. Hist. Rev. 103 992/1 The Basketmaker, the chief actor in the creation myth of the Pomoan speaking people. 2. A member of a North American Indian people of northern California. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North California and South Washington > [noun] Multnomah1804 Palouse1827 Ohlone1831 Haida1841 Shasta1843 Karok1851 Wiyot1851 Pomo1852 Hupa1853 Modoc1854 Wishram1855 Yuki1858 Nisenan1873 Achumawi1874 Takelma1881 Shastan1910 Yana1910 Yahi1911 Pomoan1979 1979 S. McLendon & B. S. Holland in A. C. Roosevelt & J. E. G. Smith Ancestors 103 (title) The basketmaker Pomoans of California. 1995 Mag. Antiques (Nexis) 148 62 The finest work is found in the coiled baskets exchanged as gifts during the Pomoans' complex and extensive ceremonies. B. adj. Of or relating to the Pomo or their languages. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective] > Hokan > Pomo Pomo1872 Pomoan1977 1977 Language 53 260/2 One of seven distinct languages comprising the Pomoan family within the Hokan stock. 1994 Current Anthropol. 35 111/2 All the present-day speakers of Kashaya, a Pomoan language of northern California, speak English. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1963 |
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