Nassadj.n.

Brit.

/nas/, U.S.

/næs/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: 1800s Naas, 1800s Nasse, 1800s– Nass.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Nass.

Etymology: < Nass, the name of a river in British Columbia, Canada.

Now rare.

A. adj.

1. Designating a member of a North American Indian people who inhabit the Nass river basin.The more usual name is now Nisga'a n.

ΘΚΠ

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

1830 J. S. Green in Missionary Herald (Boston) Nov. 344/1 The Nass Indians live on the continent.

1834 W. Tolmie Jrnls. (1963) 283 Several lodges of the Nasse tribe are scattered around the Fort [Simpson].

1856 Trans. Philol. Soc. London 72 In Gallatin, the Chemmesyan, Billechula, and Hailtsa are all thrown together in a group called Naas.

1870 W. H. Dall Alaska & Resources 415 One of the Nasse chiefs was said to have had forty wives.

1952 J. R. Swanton Indian Tribes N. Amer. (U.S. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. Bull. No. 145) 586 Niska... Also called: Nass River Indians, from their habitat.]

2. Designating the dialect of Nass-Gitksan spoken by the Nass; = Nisga'a n. Cf. Nass–Gitksan n.

ΚΠ

1836 A. Gallatin Pref. Let. Synopsis 29 Jan. in Archaeologia Americana 2 8 The guttural Nass language, mentioned..as spoken between King George III's and Queen Charlotte's Islands, was unknown to me.

1889 5th Rep. on North-Western Tribes Canada (Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci.) 92 [The Tsimshian] consider..the Nass language the oldest dialect of Tsimshian.

1911 F. Boas Handbk. Amer. Indian Langs. (U.S. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. Bull. No. 40) I. 290 The system of vowels of Tsimshian is nearly the same as that of the Nass dialect.

1999 M. Mithun Langs. Native N. Amer. 276 In the Nass River Tsimshian texts characters use Coast Tsimshian and Gitksan.]

B. n.

1. The Tsimshian dialect of the Nass people. Cf. Nass–Gitksan n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > northern Amerindian > Penutian > Tsimshian or Nass

Nass1830

Nisga'a1889

Tsimshian1911

Nass–Gitksan1970

1830 J. S. Green in Missionary Herald (Boston) Nov. 344/1 The Nass to my ear is harsh and disagreeable.

1911 F. Boas Handbk. Amer. Indian Langs. (U.S. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. Bull. No. 40) I. 292 Many u-sounds of Tsimishian are ī or ē in Nass.

2. A member of the Nass people.

ΚΠ

1863 Hist. Mag. 7 74 The Chimseyan connexion ensues..including the Sebassas, Neecelowes, Nass, and other offsets.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nass
释义	Nassadj.n. Brit. /nas/, U.S. /næs/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: 1800s Naas, 1800s Nasse, 1800s– Nass. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Nass. Etymology: < Nass, the name of a river in British Columbia, Canada. Now rare. A. adj. 1. Designating a member of a North American Indian people who inhabit the Nass river basin.The more usual name is now Nisga'a n. ΘΚΠ 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 1830 J. S. Green in Missionary Herald (Boston) Nov. 344/1 The Nass Indians live on the continent. 1834 W. Tolmie Jrnls. (1963) 283 Several lodges of the Nasse tribe are scattered around the Fort [Simpson]. 1856 Trans. Philol. Soc. London 72 In Gallatin, the Chemmesyan, Billechula, and Hailtsa are all thrown together in a group called Naas. 1870 W. H. Dall Alaska & Resources 415 One of the Nasse chiefs was said to have had forty wives. 1952 J. R. Swanton Indian Tribes N. Amer. (U.S. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. Bull. No. 145) 586 Niska... Also called: Nass River Indians, from their habitat.] 2. Designating the dialect of Nass-Gitksan spoken by the Nass; = Nisga'a n. Cf. Nass–Gitksan n. ΚΠ 1836 A. Gallatin Pref. Let. Synopsis 29 Jan. in Archaeologia Americana 2 8 The guttural Nass language, mentioned..as spoken between King George III's and Queen Charlotte's Islands, was unknown to me. 1889 5th Rep. on North-Western Tribes Canada (Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci.) 92 [The Tsimshian] consider..the Nass language the oldest dialect of Tsimshian. 1911 F. Boas Handbk. Amer. Indian Langs. (U.S. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. Bull. No. 40) I. 290 The system of vowels of Tsimshian is nearly the same as that of the Nass dialect. 1999 M. Mithun Langs. Native N. Amer. 276 In the Nass River Tsimshian texts characters use Coast Tsimshian and Gitksan.] B. n. 1. The Tsimshian dialect of the Nass people. Cf. Nass–Gitksan n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > northern Amerindian > Penutian > Tsimshian or Nass Nass1830 Nisga'a1889 Tsimshian1911 Nass–Gitksan1970 1830 J. S. Green in Missionary Herald (Boston) Nov. 344/1 The Nass to my ear is harsh and disagreeable. 1911 F. Boas Handbk. Amer. Indian Langs. (U.S. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. Bull. No. 40) I. 292 Many u-sounds of Tsimishian are ī or ē in Nass. 2. A member of the Nass people. ΚΠ 1863 Hist. Mag. 7 74 The Chimseyan connexion ensues..including the Sebassas, Neecelowes, Nass, and other offsets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1830
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