zunihttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zuni_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useZuñi, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

Zuñinoun

    1. a.
      1834–
      A member of a Pueblo people inhabiting the valley of the Zuñi, New Mexico. Also Zuni Indian.
      1. 1834
        The Moqui (pronounced Mokee,) and the Suni (Sunee) live near the Nabajo.
        A. Pike, Prose Sketches & Poems 200
      2. 1853
        The cornfields of the Zuni Indians extend..for several miles.
        L. Sitgreaves, Report of Expedition Zuñi & Colorado Rivers 5
      3. 1883
        Zūni food prepared in Zūni fashion.
        Century Magazine vol. 25 201
      4. 1883
        The domestic life of the Zūnis.
        Century Magazine vol. 25 202/1
      5. 1898
        In the Zuñi hymn we have the myth of the marriage of Heaven and Earth.
        A. Lang, Making of Religion xiv. 275
      6. 1910
        Fray Martin de Arvide..was killed by 5 Zuñi.
        F. W. Hodge, Handbook of American Indians vol. II. 1017/1
      7. 1929
        Among these Pueblo tribes we find..the Zuñi, who called themselves Ashiwi, Zuñi being a Spanish adaptation of Sunyitsi, the Keresan name for this tribe.
        American Speech vol. 5 115
      8. 1937
        Among the Zuñi Indians..individuals are not led into the kind of temptation which invites the men of our civilization to work for fame, wealth, social position or power.
        A. Huxley, Ends & Means iii. 20
      9. 1960
        The Zuni Indians played another game on the roof-tops called Kolowis Awithlaknannai.
        R. C. Bell, Board & Table Games ii. 49
      10. 1969
        Marvellous chokers, from the Zuni of the southwest.
        Vogue November 30/2
    2. b.
      1882–
      The language of this people.
      1. 1882
        Then I spoke in Zuñi.
        Atlantic Monthly September 367/2
      2. 1932
        Extinct languages, such as Zuñi and Spanish and Athapascan.
        A. Huxley, Brave New World vi. 120
      3. 1956
        Color-recognition tests were given to both Zuni and English speakers.
        J. Lotz in S. Saporta & J. R. Bastian, Psycholinguistics (1961) 12/2
      4. 1972
        His list can be supplemented from..Yuma, Zuni.
        Language vol. 48 847

Zuñi, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

Zuñi, n. was last modified in December 2024.