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Twana|ˈtwɑːnə|
[ad. Twana tuwáduxq, in an earlier pronunciation that had n for d.]
1. A Salishan people of western Washington; a member of this people. Also attrib. Cf. Salish, Salishan.
1838J. Douglas Let. 18 Oct. in E. E. Rich McLoughlin's Fort Vancouver Lett. 1825–38 (1941) 262 [in a list] Too a nook. 1889M. Eells in Ann. Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1887 605 The name of the Twanas is spelled Too-au-hooch, in their treaty. The Klallams pronounce it Tu-an′-hu. The Twanas say Tu-ád-hu... These various pronunciations have been shortened into Twana, now used in all governmental reports. It is said to mean a portage, and to be derived from the portage between the head of Hood's Canal and the main waters of the Sound, where the Indian, by carrying his canoe 3 miles, avoids rowing around a peninsula 50 miles long. 1960W. W. Elmendorf in Research Stud. (Washington State Univ.) Sept. Monogr. Suppl. No. 2. 281 Few non-Twana cared to learn the Twana language. 1978Amer. Poetry Rev. Sept./Oct. 19/1 The Twana of Puget Sound maintained that if a woman in seclusion touched her head with her fingers, it would at once rot away.
2. The language of this people. Also attrib.
1886M. Eells Ten Yrs. Missionary Work vi. 34 The Twana language..is said to be so difficult to learn that no intelligent Indian advised me to learn it. Ibid. 37 We have often sung in English, Chinook jargon, Twana, and Nisgually, on the same Sabbath. 1960W. W. Elmendorf in Research Stud. (Washington State Univ.) Sept. Monogr. Suppl. No. 2. 280 Twana seems a unique case among all Coast Salishan tongues in its features of areally simple distribution restricted to a single inlet and its fresh-water drainage, and very slight heterogeneity of dialects. 1971Language XLVII. 844 Twana (Salish, Puget Sound area) uses duplication of the root vowel. |