Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Pueblo people inhabiting seven pueblos in north-central New Mexico.
- noun The language family comprising the closely related languages of the Keresan, not known to be related to any other language family.
- noun A language of this family.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to the Keres Pueblo peoples of
New Mexico . - noun Any member of the Keres Pueblo peoples of
New Mexico . - proper noun Any of the seven closely related languages of the Keres Pueblo peoples of
New Mexico .
Etymologies
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Many traditionally oral peoples have a priestly langauge that may be either a more archaic version of their own or a completely foreign language, such as Yoruban for Candomble, Ekoi-Efik for the Cuban Abakwa society, or Keresan for some of the medicine societies at Zuni.
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Soyokmana, a Keresan-Hopi name meaning the Natacka-maid.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 Jesse Walter Fewkes 1890
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These words are Keresan, and Tcino performed this part on account of his kinship.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 Jesse Walter Fewkes 1890
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Eskimo researches of 73 on the Keresan language 83 on the Kiowan family 84 on the Piman family 98
Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 John Wesley Powell 1868
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The full list of pueblos of Keresan stock is given below.
Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 John Wesley Powell 1868
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Keresan pueblo of Acoma in 1540, it is probable that they are derivative among the Hopi; but simple cross decorations on ancient pottery were probably autochthonous.] [Footnote 152: In dolls of the Corn-maids this germinative symbol is often found made of wood and mounted on an elaborate tablet representing rain-clouds.] [Footnote 153: Many similarities might be mentioned between the terraced figures used in decoration in Old Mexico and in ancient
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 Jesse Walter Fewkes 1890
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