Klamathn.adj.
/ˈklaməθ/ A. n.
A Penutian Indian people of the Oregon-California border; a member of this people; also, their language.
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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of Great Basin and Plateau > [noun]
snake1791
Kutenai1801
Pierced Nose1805
Shoshone1805
Tillamook1806
Wallawalla1806
Nez Perce1811
Ute1826
Paiute1827
Spokane1831
Sahaptin1836
flat-head1837
Shuswap1838
Twana1838
Salish1843
Molale1844
Washoe1846
Yakima1852
Skokomish1854
Klamath1890
the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > northern Amerindian > Penutian > Plateau Penutian
Nez Perce1838
Molale1846
Wallawalla1850
Klamath1890
Modoc1890
Sahaptin1918
Yakima1940
1890 A. S. Gatschet Klamath Indians i. 209 Triphthongs are not infrequent, since Klamath has a greater tendency to accumulate consonants than vowels.
1923 A. L. Kroeber Anthropol. v. 116 The number of words recorded in Klamath,..is 7,000;..in Dakota, 19,000.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to this people.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective] > Penutian > of specific Penutian languages
Creek1725
Choctaw1796
Tsimshian1836
Muskogee1868
Tzeltal1868
Yuki1875
Klamath1881
Takelma1882
Zoque1891
Zoque–Mixe1893
Modoc1907
Yawelmani1907
Sahaptin1921
Totonacan1933
Tzotzil1939
Molale1966
Quichean1968
Mixean1977
1826 J. McLoughlin Lett. (1941) I. 33 Mr. Ogden [goes]..thence towards Lac Sale makes a Circuit West and comes Out above the Clamet tribe.
1853 H. R. Schoolcraft Information Indian Tribes U.S. III. 133 The goods destined for the Klamath Indians had been sent to Trinidad.
1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 826/2 The Klamath family,..comprises the Lutuami or Klamaths proper.
1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 826/2 Californian Races.—This is mainly a geographical grouping, but with three large ethnical and linguistic families—the Klamath, Pomo, and Runsien.
1965 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 10 123 The last family represented in Oregon is Klamath-Modoc. Klamath speakers are found in fairly large numbers... Modoc is represented by only about seven or eight speakers.
Compounds
Klamath weed n. the local name of a species of St. John's wort, Hypericum perforatum.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Guttiferae (St. John's wort and allies) > [noun]
velderudea1300
grace of God?c1400
floure jonett1423
St John's-wort?a1425
St. Peter's wort1526
hypericum1538
St John's grass1538
johnswort1710
scare-devil1751
orange grass1811
pineweed1814
nit-weed1818
guttifer1846
rose of Sharon1849
amber1861
goatweed1915
Klamath weed1922
1922 F. J. Smiley Weeds Calif. 54 (Hypericum perforatum L.) English names:..Common St. John's-wort..Klamath weed.
1949 Sunday World-Herald Mag. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1 May 10/1 Klamath weed probably can be controlled or destroyed chemically.
1971 Debach & Huffaker in C. B. Huffaker Biol. Control v. 118 Figure 1..shows the degree of biological control achieved in California of the formerly serious Klamath weed, Hypericum perforatum L., by colonization of an imported exotic beetle which feeds upon it.
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