| 释义 |
Tsimshian, n. and a.|ˈtʃɪmʃən|
Also Tsimpshian, etc.
[Tsimshian self-designation c̓amsián, lit. inside of the Skeena River.]
A. n.
a. An Indian people of the north Pacific coast of N. America; also, a member of this people.
b. Their language.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people or their language.
1836D. Finlayson Let. 29 Sept. in E. E. Rich McLoughlin's Fort Vancouver Lett. 1st Ser. (1941) 323 The Pearl Harbour, and Skeenah Indians called the Chimmesyan tribe. 1888[see copper n.1 4 b]. 1890Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 1889 853 The Olala is confined to the southern Tsimshian tribes. 1911,1934[see Nass]. 1966[see Chilkat]. 1972Language XLVIII. 390 Geographically or genetically contiguous languages which share many features of the proposed analysis, e.g. Squamish and Tsimshian. |