单词 | netsilik |
释义 | Netsilikadj.n. A. adj. Of, belonging or relating to, or designating a grouping of Inuit local bands of Nunavut, Canada or the most widely known of these, living at Netsilik Lake and on the Adelaide Peninsula and King William Island. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of the Arctic > [adjective] Eskimo1703 Inuit1862 Netsilik1864 Mongolioid1883 Eskimoid1889 Inuk1889 Netsilingmiut1941 Inupiaq1947 Nunamiut1951 Yupik1951 1864 C. F. Hall Jrnl. 6 Dec. in J. E. Nourse Narr. of Second Arctic Exped. (1879) App. A. 591 A Neitchille Innuit went with Crozier and his remaining two men. 1884 Science 4 543/1 The Netschilluk Innuits, or Eskimo, have been variously spoken of as Neitschilluk, Netschillee, Nachillee, and Nachilluk... The name comes from Netshuk or Neitschuk, meaning small seal of the Arctic. 1932 Man 32 145/2 An elaborate system of taboo has been built up by the Netsilik Eskimos. 1953 S. Chase Power of Words i. vii. 79 His name is Utak, a seal hunter of the Netsilik tribe of Eskimos. 1974 D. Damas in J. Billard World of Amer. Indian 83 (caption) Atop a boulder bench near Pelly Bay a Netsilik Eskimo kayak takes shape. Such boats ranged from 15 to 25 feet in length and weighed 25 to 100 pounds. 1986 R. B. Morrison & C. R. Wilson Native Peoples vi. 131 Rankin Inlet was largely Aivilik, and Chesterfield Inlet was primarily Netsilik. 1998 Vancouver Sun 2 July c20 The calm, gravity-anchored forms of other Inuit art—stolid musk oxen, tranquil sea goddesses—are not part of the Netsilik world view. B. n. 1. A member of a regional grouping of Inuit local bands inhabiting an area of Nunavut, Canada, between Victoria Strait and Committee Bay. Also: a member of the most widely known Netsilik band, living at different times near Netsilik Lake at the Boothia Isthmus and on the Adelaide Peninsula and King William Island. Cf. Netsilingmiut n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of the Arctic > [noun] Eskimo1584 Inuit1745 Skraeling1767 Inuk1876 Yuit1881 Copper Eskimo1884 Netsilik1884 Netsilingmiut1885 Caribou Eskimo1920 Eskimoid1930 Nunamiut1951 Inupiaq1957 Yupik1977 1884 Science 4 543/2 The Netschilluks know nothing of fire-arms. 1908 R. Asmundsen North West Passage viii. 293 I believe it is wrong..to regard all these different tribes as belonging to one original parent tribe, viz., the Nechilli. 1932 Man 32 145/2 The Netsiliks are most expert at hunting seals on the winter ice. 1976 Sci. Amer. Apr. 34/1 In order for the Netsilik to survive in an environment with limited food resources they practice infanticide and senilicide as means of controlling the population. 1984 D. C. G. Conner & D. Bethune-Johnson Native People & Explorers Canad. i. i. 3 Some visitors come to our games from further east. They are called Netsilik which means People of the Seal. 1994 Up Here (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) Mar. 54/2 In those days, the Netsilik were the most isolated of the Inuit cultures, largely uninfluenced by other peoples. Seventy years later, I sat drinking tea in the home of Jack Kaniak, who operates the general store in Bay Chimo. 1999 Canada & World Backgrounder (Electronic ed.) 1 Mar. There are eight main Inuit tribal groups in Canada—the Baffin, Caribou, Copper, Iglulik, Inuvialuit, Labrador, Netsilik, and Ungava. 2. The dialect of Inuit spoken by the Netsilik. ΚΠ 1977 C. F. Voegelin & F. M. Voegelin Classif. & Index World's Langs. 133 Inuit..D[ialects]..Netsilik = Netsilingmiut. 1992 Internat. Encycl. Linguistics I. 418/2 [Western Canadian Inuit] includes varieties called Caribou Eskimo, Netsilik, Copper Eskimo, and Siglit. 1996 B. F. Grimes Ethnologue (ed. 13) 44 Inuktikut..dialects: Copper Inuktikut,..Netsilik, Siglit. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1864 |
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