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单词 Aymara
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Definition of Aymara in English:

Aymara

nounPlural Aymaras ˈʌɪmərɑːˌīməˈrä
  • 1A member of a South American people inhabiting the high plateau region of Bolivia and Peru near Lake Titicaca.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For more than 500 years we, the Quechuas, Aymaras and Guaranis, the Indians who are native to this noble land, have been subject to slavery.
    • Well, he must have had a straw boat like the Aymaras use in Lake Titticacca.
    • Our church is in a companion relationship with the Bolivian Evangelical Lutheran Church, most of whose 20,000 members are Aymara.
    • Many Aymaras reside in cities and live in modern houses or apartments.
    • The concern in Bolivia is that if the state is left to its own devices, with a strong but fragmented opposition movement, it will use its collective strength to smash movements such as that of the Aymara.
  • 2mass noun The language of the Aymara, with over 2 million speakers. It may be related to Quechua.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Furthermore, the local radio stations often broadcast programs in local languages, e.g. Quechua and Aymara, in addition to programs in the national language, i.e. Spanish.
    • Native American communities still maintain their indigenous languages such as Quechua, Aymara, and the lesser known Indian languages spoken by the Amazon groups.
    • Several varieties of Spanish, Quechua, and Aymara are spoken, and all have influenced one another in vocabulary, phonology, syntax, and grammar.
    • Lots of them don't speak Spanish, and I don't know Quechua or Aymara.
    • More than 50 percent are Amerindians who speak mainly Quechua or Aymara as well as Spanish.
adjectiveˈʌɪmərɑːˌīməˈrä
  • Relating to the Aymara or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An Aymara woman admires the artistry of the poncho I am wearing with a gold-toothed grin.
    • Another Aymara festival is Alacitas, the Festival of Abundance, which takes place in La Paz and the Lake Titicaca region.
    • These wider networks of solidarity, based on family ties, place of origin and ethnicity, have allowed the formation of an urban-rural Aymara identity, capable of a strong political projection.
    • The vanguard sector in this struggle is the well-organized Aymara peasants, who have descended en masse from the altiplano, above the capital.
    • Here I will attempt to ‘translate’ what I've learned over these years - mainly through my relationship with the indigenous Aymara people.

Origin

Bolivian Spanish.

 
 

Definition of Aymara in US English:

Aymara

nounˌīməˈrä
  • 1A member of a South American people inhabiting the high plateau region of Bolivia and Peru near Lake Titicaca.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The concern in Bolivia is that if the state is left to its own devices, with a strong but fragmented opposition movement, it will use its collective strength to smash movements such as that of the Aymara.
    • Many Aymaras reside in cities and live in modern houses or apartments.
    • Well, he must have had a straw boat like the Aymaras use in Lake Titticacca.
    • Our church is in a companion relationship with the Bolivian Evangelical Lutheran Church, most of whose 20,000 members are Aymara.
    • For more than 500 years we, the Quechuas, Aymaras and Guaranis, the Indians who are native to this noble land, have been subject to slavery.
  • 2The language of the Aymara, related to Quechua.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Native American communities still maintain their indigenous languages such as Quechua, Aymara, and the lesser known Indian languages spoken by the Amazon groups.
    • More than 50 percent are Amerindians who speak mainly Quechua or Aymara as well as Spanish.
    • Several varieties of Spanish, Quechua, and Aymara are spoken, and all have influenced one another in vocabulary, phonology, syntax, and grammar.
    • Furthermore, the local radio stations often broadcast programs in local languages, e.g. Quechua and Aymara, in addition to programs in the national language, i.e. Spanish.
    • Lots of them don't speak Spanish, and I don't know Quechua or Aymara.
adjectiveˌīməˈrä
  • Relating to the Aymara or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These wider networks of solidarity, based on family ties, place of origin and ethnicity, have allowed the formation of an urban-rural Aymara identity, capable of a strong political projection.
    • An Aymara woman admires the artistry of the poncho I am wearing with a gold-toothed grin.
    • Another Aymara festival is Alacitas, the Festival of Abundance, which takes place in La Paz and the Lake Titicaca region.
    • Here I will attempt to ‘translate’ what I've learned over these years - mainly through my relationship with the indigenous Aymara people.
    • The vanguard sector in this struggle is the well-organized Aymara peasants, who have descended en masse from the altiplano, above the capital.

Origin

Bolivian Spanish.

 
 
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