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Wichita|ˈwɪtʃətɔː|
Also 9 Wichataw.
[f. the name of Wichita, in Kansas.]
a. (A member of) a Caddoan Indian people of southern central N. America (now Oklahoma, formerly also Kansas and Texas).
b. Their language. Also attrib.
1841H. S. Foote Texas & Texans I. xiv. 299 There are several other remnants of tribes in Texas..the Wichataws, who live far North, on the Brassos. 1883W. F. Cody in B. A. Botkin Treas. Amer. Folklore (1944) Music. Enter a group of Wichita Indians. 1960R. W. Marks Dymaxion World of B. Fuller 37/1 When the first Wichita house finally was opened to the public, many were struck by its spaciousness and air of luxury. 1965Language XLI. 84 The consonantal opposition nasal/oral occurs in all the languages of the world except Wichita. 1978Ibid. LIV. 503 Of the three American Indian linguistic groupings discussed here, those of the Cadoan family, spoken in the Southern Plains, are perhaps the least described; of the surviving languages—Caddo, Wichita, and Pawnee—none is being learned by children. |