tótem
41totem — noun Etymology: Ojibwa oto•te•man his totem Date: circa 1776 1. a. an object (as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry; also a usually carved or painted representation of such an… …
42totem — ingl. Objeto u animal que algunas sociedades primitivas, consideran protector de la tribu y de sus integrantes// y a veces como su propio ascendiente común// emblema tallado generalmente en madera, representativo del Totem …
43totem — (to tèm ) s. m. Chez les tribus de la Nord Amérique, sorte d agent protecteur ; le totem peut être un animal ou un végétal ; il donne le nom à la tribu …
44totem — Synonyms and related words: allegory, ancestral spirits, angel, animal kingdom, ashram, attendant godling, blood, body, breed, brood, caste, charactery, cipher, clan, class, colony, commonwealth, commune, community, control, conventional symbol,… …
45totem — {{hw}}{{totem}}{{/hw}}s. m. inv. Oggetto materiale, corpo celeste, animale o pianta che, nelle credenze di molte tribù primitive, ha dato origine al gruppo, con la conseguenza di un rapporto di discendenza e parentela | Raffigurazione di tale… …
46totem — is., Fr. totem İlkel toplumlarda topluluğun ondan türediği sanılan ve kutsal sayılan hayvan, ağaç, rüzgâr vb. herhangi bir doğal nesne, ongun …
47totem — to|tem [ˈtəutəm US ˈtou ] n [Date: 1700 1800; : Ojibwa; Origin: ototeman his totem ] an animal, plant etc that is thought to have a special ↑spiritual connection with a particular tribe, especially in North America, or a figure made to look like… …
48Totem — To|tem das; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. totem, dies aus Algonkin (einer nordamerik. Indianersprache) ot oteman, eigtl. »er ist aus meiner Verwandtschaft«> bei Naturvölkern ein Wesen od. Ding (Tier, Pflanze, Naturerscheinung), das als Ahne od …
49totem — [18] Totem is of native American origin, and denotes etymologically ‘belonging to a family or group’. Its ultimate source is the stem *ōtē ‘belong to a local group’, and it was adapted from an Ojibwa derivative formed with a possessive prefix… …
50totem — [ təʊtəm] noun a natural object or animal believed by a particular society to have spiritual significance and adopted by it as an emblem. Derivatives totemic tɛmɪk adjective totemism noun totemist noun totemistic adjective …
