单词 | quechan |
释义 | Quechann.adj. A. n. a. A member of a North American Indian people inhabiting south-west Arizona and the adjoining areas of Mexico and California, also (esp. formerly) known as the Yuma (cf. Yuma n.1 and adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of South-Western America > [noun] > others Paiute1827 Yuma1831 Maricopa1848 Quechan1849 Cahita1874 Yuman1920 1849 A. W. Whipple Jrnl. 5 Oct. in Executive Documents U.S. Senate (31st Congress, 2nd Sess.) (1851) No. 19. 13 Santjago, captain of the band of the Cuchans at the lower crossing. 1858 J. Sinnett tr. B. Möllhausen Diary Journey Mississippi to Coasts of Pacific ii. xiv. 245 We had an opportunity of entering into a barter trade with the Cutchanas [Ger. Cutchanas], who came streaming into our camp. 1965 Ethnohistory 12 187 Unlike the Pueblos, the Quechan were never again subdued by the Spaniards. 1988 C. Hammerschlag Dancing Healers (1989) vii. 95 Relatives from the Quechan, the Cocopah, and the Maricopas came to share in the ritual. b. The Hokan language of the Quechan. ΚΠ 1849 A. W. Whipple Jrnl. 1 Dec. in Executive Documents U.S. Senate (31st Congress, 2nd Sess.) (1851) No. 19. 23 Vocabulary of about two hundred and fifty words in Yuma and English... Yuma (Cuchan). 1875 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 4 153 The Yuma..is a curious family. It includes Cuchana, Cocamaricopa,..and Kulanapu. 1989 R. L. Bee Yuma vii. 103 Although Quechan is most often spoken by the old people, some young adults are anxious to keep the language alive. 2002 A. Dalby Lang. in Danger (2003) iv. 153 Pimas who spoke Quechan, and Quechans who spoke Cocopa, completed a..chain of interpreting. B. adj. Of or designating the Quechan or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of South-Western America > [adjective] > others Yuma1831 Maricopa1848 Quechan1849 Cahita1876 Yuman1891 1849 A. W. Whipple Jrnl. 5 Oct. in Executive Documents U.S. Senate (31st Congress, 2nd Sess.) (1851) No. 19. 19 Tomaso pretended that he did not understand the Cuchan language, and would not translate it. 1886 Amer. Antiquarian 8 276 The Apache-Yumas.., belong to the Yuma, or Katchan family of Indians. 1898 Sunset (Passenger Dept., Southern Pacific Co.) 67/1 The name is from the Cuchan dialect—and means ‘sons of the river’. 1940 Los Angeles Times 11 Oct. i. 10/2 The craft on the canal waters will be propelled by Quechan Indians from the Ft. Yuma Reservation. 2001 High Country News 17 Dec. 3/1 To the Quechan Tribe of California's southern Mojave Desert, the trails at Indian Pass represent a portal to another time. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1849 |
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