Zapotecn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈzapə(ʊ)tɛk/,

/ˈzɑːpə(ʊ)tɛk/, U.S.

/ˈzæpəˌtɛk/,

/ˈzɑpəˌtɛk/

Forms: Also 1700s– Zapoteca, Zapoteco, 1800s Zapoteque.

Etymology: < Spanish zapoteco, zapoteca, < Nahuatl tzapoteca, plural of tzapotecatl, lit. ‘person of the place of the sapodilla’.

A. n.

a. A member of an American Indian people of southern Mexico.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [noun] > peoples of Central America

Chichimeca1578

Miskito1697

Tiwa1710

Nahuatlaca1775

Otomi1782

Aztec1787

Mazahua1787

Mixteca1787

Totonac1787

Zapotec1797

Chichimec1809

Quiché1823

Mayo1829

Seri1829

Mixtec1852

Olmec1852

Mogollon1855

Mimbres1859

Yaqui1861

Cuna1868

Tzeltal1868

Nahuatl1873

Huastec1874

Tarahumara1874

Tlapanec1874

Bribri1875

Nahua1875

Mangue1876

Mazatec1878

Subtiaba1891

Tequistlatec1891

Trique1891

Nahuatlan1897

Huichol1900

Mixtecan1900

Tarascan1931

Mixe–Zoque1957

Mixteco1972

Garifuna1977

Mixean1982

Garinagu1983

Mixe–Zoquean1989

1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 668/1 To the south-east..were the great provinces of the Mixtecas, the Zapotecas, and the Chiapanecas.

1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 694/2 In Chiapa were the Zapotecs, in Yucatan the Mayas.

1877 L. H. Morgan Anc. Society ii. vii. 195 The confederacy was confronted by hostile..tribes..: the tribes of Chiapas, and the Zapotecs.

1953 S. Bedford Sudden View iii. v. 231 The ancient Zapotecs..who may have come from Asia across the Behring Straits, and who are believed to have built..these temples at Mitla and Monte Albàn.

1979 P. Theroux Old Patagonian Express v. 75 These Indians—the Zapotecs—were a matrilineal people.

b. Any of several dialects or languages of the Zapotecs.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > Central Amerindian languages > Oto-Manguean languages > Zapotec

Zapotec1881

Zapotecan1922

1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 828/1 The other chief stock or at least not yet classified Mexican tongues are the Miztec and Zapotec of Oajaca, [etc.].

1936 E. C. Parsons Mitla i. 16 These ladies understand Zapoteco..but they do not speak it.

1965 Language 41 73 In Trique, Isthmus Zapotec, and certain other languages of Mexico, certain clause types have the preferred ordering predicate, subject, object.

1973 Times 24 Mar. 11/8 The student of architecture we met in the square of Oaxaca was talking Zapotec to his girl-friend.

B. adj.

Of or pertaining to the Zapotecs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [adjective] > peoples of Central America

Chichimeca1726

Aztec1787

Miskito1789

Chichimec1811

Quiché1823

Mayo1829

Seri1829

Otomi1843

Mimbres1856

Nahuatl1858

Yaqui1861

Zapotec1861

Tzeltal1868

Tlapanec1874

Mixtec1875

Bribri1876

Mangue1876

Nahua1876

Nahuatlaca1877

Mixe1888

Trique1891

Mazatecan1892

Subtiaba1892

Huichol1900

Cuna1905

Mixteca1911

Subtiaban1911

Tarascan1911

Tarahumara1912

Zapotecan1922

Tzotzil1939

Mixe–Zoquean1940

Tiwa1950

Mixteco1959

Kekchi1960

the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [adjective] > peoples of Central America > ancient prehistoric

Maya1818

Toltecan1839

Mayan1875

Toltec1875

Zapotec1934

1861 M. Reid Hero in spite of Himself I. 12 Whenever a Zapoteque woman is about to add one to the number of their community, the expectant father of the child assembles all his relations in his cabin.

1927 D. H. Lawrence Mornings in Mexico 45 Four words in the idioma, the Zapotec language..‘You understand them?’

1934 A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 46 A bas-relief of an ithyphallic man—the work..of the pre-Zapotec occupants of the site.

1972 Bk. Thousand Tongues (rev. ed.) 464/2 The Zapoteco language is spoken in a number of regional dialects.

1980 Sci. Amer. Feb. 46/3 Its hieroglyphs, mostly carved from 500 B.C. to A.D. 700, record the rise and decline of the Zapotec state.

Derivatives

Zapoˈtecan adj. and n.

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the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [adjective] > peoples of Central America

Chichimeca1726

Aztec1787

Miskito1789

Chichimec1811

Quiché1823

Mayo1829

Seri1829

Otomi1843

Mimbres1856

Nahuatl1858

Yaqui1861

Zapotec1861

Tzeltal1868

Tlapanec1874

Mixtec1875

Bribri1876

Mangue1876

Nahua1876

Nahuatlaca1877

Mixe1888

Trique1891

Mazatecan1892

Subtiaba1892

Huichol1900

Cuna1905

Mixteca1911

Subtiaban1911

Tarascan1911

Tarahumara1912

Zapotecan1922

Tzotzil1939

Mixe–Zoquean1940

Tiwa1950

Mixteco1959

Kekchi1960

the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective] > Oto-Manguean

Mixtecan1787

Otomi1843

Trique1891

Mazatec1892

Otomian1911

Zapotecan1922

Oto-Manguean1958

Mazahua1965

the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > Central Amerindian languages > Oto-Manguean languages > Zapotec

Zapotec1881

Zapotecan1922

1922 K. Al-Shimas Mexican Southland vii. 122 The Zapotecan tongue is spoken by at least 500,000 souls.

1922 K. Al-Shimas Mexican Southland vii. 126 Those accosted made answer in Zapotecan.

1962 E. Birney Ice Cod Bell or Stone 54 Rhythmic and Zapotecan-proud the classic women dance.

1978 Language 506/2 In the Zapotecan family of Oaxaca, ‘Choapan Zapotec phonology’, by Larry and Rosemary Lyman..employs ‘a hierarchically oriented framework’ of five levels, from phoneme to ‘phonological sentence’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	zapotec
释义	Zapotecn.adj. Brit. /ˈzapə(ʊ)tɛk/, /ˈzɑːpə(ʊ)tɛk/, U.S. /ˈzæpəˌtɛk/, /ˈzɑpəˌtɛk/ Forms: Also 1700s– Zapoteca, Zapoteco, 1800s Zapoteque. Etymology: < Spanish zapoteco, zapoteca, < Nahuatl tzapoteca, plural of tzapotecatl, lit. ‘person of the place of the sapodilla’. A. n. a. A member of an American Indian people of southern Mexico. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [noun] > peoples of Central America Chichimeca1578 Miskito1697 Tiwa1710 Nahuatlaca1775 Otomi1782 Aztec1787 Mazahua1787 Mixteca1787 Totonac1787 Zapotec1797 Chichimec1809 Quiché1823 Mayo1829 Seri1829 Mixtec1852 Olmec1852 Mogollon1855 Mimbres1859 Yaqui1861 Cuna1868 Tzeltal1868 Nahuatl1873 Huastec1874 Tarahumara1874 Tlapanec1874 Bribri1875 Nahua1875 Mangue1876 Mazatec1878 Subtiaba1891 Tequistlatec1891 Trique1891 Nahuatlan1897 Huichol1900 Mixtecan1900 Tarascan1931 Mixe–Zoque1957 Mixteco1972 Garifuna1977 Mixean1982 Garinagu1983 Mixe–Zoquean1989 1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 668/1 To the south-east..were the great provinces of the Mixtecas, the Zapotecas, and the Chiapanecas. 1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 694/2 In Chiapa were the Zapotecs, in Yucatan the Mayas. 1877 L. H. Morgan Anc. Society ii. vii. 195 The confederacy was confronted by hostile..tribes..: the tribes of Chiapas, and the Zapotecs. 1953 S. Bedford Sudden View iii. v. 231 The ancient Zapotecs..who may have come from Asia across the Behring Straits, and who are believed to have built..these temples at Mitla and Monte Albàn. 1979 P. Theroux Old Patagonian Express v. 75 These Indians—the Zapotecs—were a matrilineal people. b. Any of several dialects or languages of the Zapotecs. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > Central Amerindian languages > Oto-Manguean languages > Zapotec Zapotec1881 Zapotecan1922 1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 828/1 The other chief stock or at least not yet classified Mexican tongues are the Miztec and Zapotec of Oajaca, [etc.]. 1936 E. C. Parsons Mitla i. 16 These ladies understand Zapoteco..but they do not speak it. 1965 Language 41 73 In Trique, Isthmus Zapotec, and certain other languages of Mexico, certain clause types have the preferred ordering predicate, subject, object. 1973 Times 24 Mar. 11/8 The student of architecture we met in the square of Oaxaca was talking Zapotec to his girl-friend. B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Zapotecs. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [adjective] > peoples of Central America Chichimeca1726 Aztec1787 Miskito1789 Chichimec1811 Quiché1823 Mayo1829 Seri1829 Otomi1843 Mimbres1856 Nahuatl1858 Yaqui1861 Zapotec1861 Tzeltal1868 Tlapanec1874 Mixtec1875 Bribri1876 Mangue1876 Nahua1876 Nahuatlaca1877 Mixe1888 Trique1891 Mazatecan1892 Subtiaba1892 Huichol1900 Cuna1905 Mixteca1911 Subtiaban1911 Tarascan1911 Tarahumara1912 Zapotecan1922 Tzotzil1939 Mixe–Zoquean1940 Tiwa1950 Mixteco1959 Kekchi1960 the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [adjective] > peoples of Central America > ancient prehistoric Maya1818 Toltecan1839 Mayan1875 Toltec1875 Zapotec1934 1861 M. Reid Hero in spite of Himself I. 12 Whenever a Zapoteque woman is about to add one to the number of their community, the expectant father of the child assembles all his relations in his cabin. 1927 D. H. Lawrence Mornings in Mexico 45 Four words in the idioma, the Zapotec language..‘You understand them?’ 1934 A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 46 A bas-relief of an ithyphallic man—the work..of the pre-Zapotec occupants of the site. 1972 Bk. Thousand Tongues (rev. ed.) 464/2 The Zapoteco language is spoken in a number of regional dialects. 1980 Sci. Amer. Feb. 46/3 Its hieroglyphs, mostly carved from 500 B.C. to A.D. 700, record the rise and decline of the Zapotec state. Derivatives Zapoˈtecan adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [adjective] > peoples of Central America Chichimeca1726 Aztec1787 Miskito1789 Chichimec1811 Quiché1823 Mayo1829 Seri1829 Otomi1843 Mimbres1856 Nahuatl1858 Yaqui1861 Zapotec1861 Tzeltal1868 Tlapanec1874 Mixtec1875 Bribri1876 Mangue1876 Nahua1876 Nahuatlaca1877 Mixe1888 Trique1891 Mazatecan1892 Subtiaba1892 Huichol1900 Cuna1905 Mixteca1911 Subtiaban1911 Tarascan1911 Tarahumara1912 Zapotecan1922 Tzotzil1939 Mixe–Zoquean1940 Tiwa1950 Mixteco1959 Kekchi1960 the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective] > Oto-Manguean Mixtecan1787 Otomi1843 Trique1891 Mazatec1892 Otomian1911 Zapotecan1922 Oto-Manguean1958 Mazahua1965 the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > Central Amerindian languages > Oto-Manguean languages > Zapotec Zapotec1881 Zapotecan1922 1922 K. Al-Shimas Mexican Southland vii. 122 The Zapotecan tongue is spoken by at least 500,000 souls. 1922 K. Al-Shimas Mexican Southland vii. 126 Those accosted made answer in Zapotecan. 1962 E. Birney Ice Cod Bell or Stone 54 Rhythmic and Zapotecan-proud the classic women dance. 1978 Language 506/2 In the Zapotecan family of Oaxaca, ‘Choapan Zapotec phonology’, by Larry and Rosemary Lyman..employs ‘a hierarchically oriented framework’ of five levels, from phoneme to ‘phonological sentence’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1797
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