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单词 Keres
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Definition of Keres in English:

Keres

noun ˈkɛrɛsˈkārās
  • 1A member of a Pueblo Indian people inhabiting parts of New Mexico.

    凯雷斯人(居住在新墨西哥部分地区的普韦布洛印第安人)

  • 2mass noun The language of the Keres, of unknown affinity, with fewer than 8,000 speakers.

    凯雷斯语(与其相关的类似语言不详,使用者不到8, 000人)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many of Lucero's students through the years have primarily spoken English, while most of the older people were fluent in their native language of Keres.
    • There are a multitude of reasons why the young men & women turning twenty-one this year are far less fluent in Keres than the twenty-one year olds of twenty-five years ago.
adjectiveˈkɛrɛsˈkārās
  • Relating to the Keres or their language.

    (与)凯雷斯人(有关)的;(与)凯雷斯语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As with Tiwa, Tewa and Towa, there is some disagreement among the Keres people as to whether Keres should be a written language or not.
    • Following the ceremony, Johnson said that it's not just the youth that don't speak the language, there are also some grandparents who no longer speak the Laguna Keres language.
    • Here, as she does on many other occasions, Silko employs italics to introduce some background information about the traditions of the Keres people (their food and dances), as well as about coyote language.
    • Balance and harmony are two primary assumptions of the Keres people who inhabit the Laguna and Acoma Pueblos of New Mexico.

Derivatives

  • Keresan

  • noun & adjective
    • Since the Keresan language is primarily an oral language and is actively spoken by the Laguna as well as other Pueblo peoples, such an assumption was not only inaccurate but offensive to many of them.

Origin

From American Spanish Queres, from American Indian.

Definition of Keres in US English:

Keres

nounˈkārās
  • 1A member of a Pueblo Indian people of New Mexico.

    凯雷斯人(居住在新墨西哥部分地区的普韦布洛印第安人)

  • 2The language of the Keres, of unknown affinity.

    凯雷斯语(与其相关的类似语言不详,使用者不到8, 000人)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many of Lucero's students through the years have primarily spoken English, while most of the older people were fluent in their native language of Keres.
    • There are a multitude of reasons why the young men & women turning twenty-one this year are far less fluent in Keres than the twenty-one year olds of twenty-five years ago.
adjectiveˈkārās
  • Relating to the Keres or their language.

    (与)凯雷斯人(有关)的;(与)凯雷斯语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As with Tiwa, Tewa and Towa, there is some disagreement among the Keres people as to whether Keres should be a written language or not.
    • Following the ceremony, Johnson said that it's not just the youth that don't speak the language, there are also some grandparents who no longer speak the Laguna Keres language.
    • Balance and harmony are two primary assumptions of the Keres people who inhabit the Laguna and Acoma Pueblos of New Mexico.
    • Here, as she does on many other occasions, Silko employs italics to introduce some background information about the traditions of the Keres people (their food and dances), as well as about coyote language.

Origin

From American Spanish Queres, from a North American Indian language.

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