单词 | xavante |
释义 | Xavanten. 1. (A member of) any of several groups of semi-nomadic Indians of the interior savanna of central and east-central Brazil, esp. the Akwẽ-Xavante. Also attributive as adj. 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 the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [adjective] > Indians of South America Arawakan1596 Patagonian?1609 Arawak1625 Abiponian1786 Araucanian1809 Quechua1811 Muisca1814 Fuegian1825 Wapishana1836 Wai Wai1840 Pehuenche1843 Quechuan1862 Incarial1863 Mochica1871 Yucatecan1871 Shipibo1875 Yucatec1875 Incaean1880 Incan1885 Guaycuru1891 Jivaroan1902 Tehuelchian1902 Tupian1902 Xavante1904 Incarian1909 Abipon1912 Incaic1926 Lokono1953 Mochican1953 Saramaccan1959 Mapuche1961 Yahgan1961 Yanomamö1967 urubu1983 1904 H. von Ihering Anthropol. State S. Paulo, Brazil 10 Of all the Indians of S. Paulo, the Chavantes are the darkest, and the most backward. 1927 K. G. Grubb Lowland Indians Amazonia vii. 121 The Chavante, irreconcilably hostile, occupy the River Manso or das Mortes. 1950 J. B. d'Avila in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians VI. 76 To the same [sc. Ge] group belong the Shavante, between the Araguaya and Tocantins Rivers;..the Sherente and Craho. 1971 J. S. Weiner Man's Nat. Hist. v. 221 ‘Micro~evolution’ comparable to that found in the Xavante villages obtains in other South American aboriginal tribes. 1971 J. S. Weiner Man's Nat. Hist. v. 222 The extraordinary contrast between the high standard of physical fitness and stamina of the young Xavante and his later health and life expectation. 1978 Sunday Times 18 June (Colour Suppl.) 33 (caption) Xavante Indians in their village close to the River of the Dead..held the white off until recently. 2. The Ge language of the Akwẽ-Xavante, or the language of any group called Xavante. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > Ge-Pano-Carib Amerindian Pano1836 Lengua1904 Macusi1934 Island Carib1938 Xavante1950 1950 J. A. Mason in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians VI. 299 Four groups of Southern Brazil of very different linguistic affinities are known to the Brazilian natives by the name Chavanté... Three of them..form small independent (provisionally) families; the fourth is a Ge language. 1983 Word 34 61 A number of Brazilian Amazon languages (e.g., Apuriña, Urubú, Xavante, and Nadeb) also rely on both pragmatic and syntactic considerations in determining linear order. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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