ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -totem-, *totem* Possible hiragana form: とてん |
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| totem | (โท'เทิม) n. รูปสัตว์หรือพืชที่สลักอยู่บนเสาอินเดียนแดงที่เรียกว่าtotem pole/เป็นสัญลักษณ์ของเผ่าตระกูลครอบครัวหรืออื่น ๆ, See also: totemic adj. totemically adv. | totemism | (โท'ทะมิสซึม) n. ระบบการแบ่งเผ่าต่าง ๆ ตามสัญลักษณ์ของ totem |
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| Totem | n. [ Massachusetts Indian wutohtimoin that to which a person or place belongs. ] 1. A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan; also, the object or animal itself, considered as an symbol of the family. [ 1913 Webster ] And they painted on the grave posts Of the graves, yet unforgotten, Each his own ancestral totem Each the symbol of his household; Figures of the bear and reindeer, Of the turtle, crane, and beaver. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ] The totem, the clan deity, the beast or bird who in some supernatural way attends to the clan and watches over it. Bagehot. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Anything which serves as a venerated or mystic symbol or emblem. [ PJC ] | Totemic | a. Of or pertaining to a totem, or totemism. [ 1913 Webster ] | Totemism | n. 1. The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a tribe by the totem. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real or imaginary object; nature worship. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ] | Totemist | n. One belonging to a clan or tribe having a totem. -- To`tem*is"tic a. [1913 Webster] | Totem pole | { or }. A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols, set up before the house of certain Indian tribes of the northwest coast of North America, esp. Indians of the Koluschan stock. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] | Totem post | |
| totem | (n) a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object | totem | (n) emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians) | totemic | (adj) relating to totemism | totemism | (n) belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem | totemist | (n) a person who belongs to a clan or tribe having a totem | totem_pole | (n) a tribal emblem consisting of a pillar carved and painted with totemic figures; erected by Indian tribes of the northwest Pacific coast, Syn. totem pole |
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Totem \To"tem\, n. [Massachusetts Indian wutohtimoin that to
which a person or place belongs.]
1. A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by
the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as
of a family or a clan; also, the object or animal itself,
considered as an symbol of the family.
[1913 Webster]
And they painted on the grave posts
Of the graves, yet unforgotten,
Each his own ancestral totem
Each the symbol of his household;
Figures of the bear and reindeer,
Of the turtle, crane, and beaver. --Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]
The totem, the clan deity, the beast or bird who in
some supernatural way attends to the clan and
watches over it. --Bagehot.
[1913 Webster]
2. Anything which serves as a venerated or mystic symbol or
emblem.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
totem
n 1: a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common
totemic object
2: emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant;
serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among
American Indians)
From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-por-eng]:
totem
totem
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
totem /totəm/
totem
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