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单词 gitksan
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Gitksann.adj.

Brit. /ɡɪtˈksɑːn/, /ɡɪtˈsɑːn/, /ɡɪkˈsɑːn/, U.S. /ɡɪtˈksɑn/, /ɡɪtˈsɑn/, /ɡɪkˈsɑn/, Canadian English /ɡɪtˈksɒn/, /ɡɪtˈsɒn/, /ɡɪkˈsɒn/
Inflections: Plural unchanged, Gitksans.
Forms:

α. 1800s– Gyitksan, 1800s– Gyitkshan, 1800s– Kitksan, 1900s– Giktsan, 1900s– Gitksan, 1900s– Gitsken, 1900s– Gitxsan, 1900s– Kitkson.

β. 1800s Kitksian, 1900s– Gitksian, 1900s– Gitxsian, 1900s– Gityskyan.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Gitksan. Partly a borrowing from Coast Tsimshian. Etymons: Gitksan kitksan; Coast Tsimshian kitksyán.
Etymology: Partly < Gitksan kitksan (in other dialects kitxsan , kitxsen ) people of the Skeena River (compare kit- people of), and partly (in β. forms) < its cognate Coast Tsimshian kitksyán.
A. n.
1. A member of a North American Indian people inhabiting north-western British Columbia, Canada.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of British Columbia, Alberta, and Alaska > [noun]
Slave1789
beaver1801
Carrier1801
Musqueam1808
Nootkian1811
Okanagan1814
Takulli1820
Dogrib1823
Nanaimo1827
Loucheux1828
Bella Coola1834
Nootkan1835
Chilkat1836
Nootka1846
Squamish1846
Siwash1847
Kwakiutl1848
Nitinaht1848
Sitkan1848
Sitka1853
Makah1855
Stick Indian1857
Songhees1860
Stoney1861
Mattole1864
Tlingit1865
Nisga'a1874
Hoochinoo1878
Nimpkish1885
Tsimshian1888
Gitksan1889
Nuxalk1910
Snohomish1910
Nuu-chah-nulth1983
Ditidaht1988
'Namgis1994
1889 F. Boas in 5th Rep. North-west. Tribes Canada (Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci.) 35 It is a privilege for the Gyispaqlâots to trade with the Gyitksa´n.
1910 J. G. Frazer Totemism & Exogamy III. xvii. 307 The Gitksans or Kitksans of the upper Skeena River, and the Niskas of the Nass River.
1914 Amer. Anthropologist 16 402 Their traditions all point to an inland origin, at least as far back from the coast as the present territory of the Kitksan.
1977 Modesto (Calif.) Bee 20 Mar. f5/3 The skills of young Gitksan working at traditional crafts.
2006 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 18 Feb. (Travel & Leisure section) l7 An unpainted totem pole carved by..a Gitxsan from British Columbia.
2. The language spoken by the Gitksan, belonging to the Tsimshian language family. Cf. Nass–Gitksan n.
ΚΠ
1895 F. Boas in 10th Rep. North-west. Tribes Canada (Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci.) 35 The other dialects are the Tsimshian and the Gyitkshan.
1962 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 28 169 Coast Tsimshian has the most speakers. Niska and Gitksan have fewer than 1,000 each.
1989 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 34 130 A discussion of syntactic ergativity in Nishga and Gitksan, two other Tsimshian languages.
1992 Gallerie: Women Artists' Monogr. Dec. 25 Her first language is Gitksan.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the Gitksan or their language.
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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of British Columbia, Alberta, and Alaska > [adjective]
Dogrib1766
Nootka1784
Nootkan1790
Dog-ribbed1791
beaver1801
Okanagan1814
Carrier1820
Sitka1822
Nanaimo1827
Loucheux1828
Nass1830
Tsimshian1836
Sitkan1851
Makah1855
Snohomish1856
Wakash1856
Songhees1860
Stoney1861
Nisga'a1874
Tlingit1881
Nimpkish1886
Wakashan1892
Musqueam1902
Gitksan1917
Squamish1928
'Namgis1966
Nuu-chah-nulth1978
Nuxalk1981
1917 Man 17 137 [He] built a good church and printed a useful primer or Gitksian Reader, all done by Indian help.
1927 Salamanca (N.Y.) Republican-Press 25 May 5/3 The pre-historic part of the ancient Gitksan village site near Hazelton.
1993 Vandance Jan. 7/2 The Jamieson collaboration with Gitksan performers does remain one of the very few bona fide examples of transcultural hybridization.
2005 C. Mann 1491 Pref. p. xi I traveled to the village of Hazelton, on the upper Skeena River in the middle of British Columbia. Many of its inhabitants belong to the Gitksan (or Gitxsan) nation.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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