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单词 nootka
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Nootkaadj.n.

Brit. /ˈnuːtkə/, /ˈnʊtkə/, U.S. /ˈnutkə/, Canadian English /ˈnuːtkə/
Inflections: Plural unchanged, Nootkas.
Forms: 1700s– Nootka, 1800s Nootkah, 1800s– Nutka.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Nootka.
Etymology: < the name of Nootka Sound, an inlet on the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.It has been suggested that this word is < Nootka nu·tka· to circle about, perhaps referring to a group of Nootkas dancing in a circle on the beach (compare quot. 1874 at Nootkan n. 1a). James Cook (1728–79) perhaps mistakenly understood the word, given in response to his gesture, to be the indigenous name for the inlet. Nuu-chah-nulth is now the preferred term of self-designation among certain Nootka communities (see Nuu-chah-nulth adj. and n.).
A. adj.
1. Of, relating to, or designating any of a group of North American Indian peoples inhabiting Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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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
1784 J. Cook & J. King Voy. Pacific Ocean 257 Mr. Webber, in drawing a view of the inside of a Nootka house..was interrupted, and hindered from proceeding, by one of the inhabitants.
1792 J. Boit Remarks in F. W. Howay Voy. Columbia (1941) 400 The Indians where [sic] much the same as the Nootka tribes.
1874 H. H. Bancroft Native Races Pacific States I. iii. 177 The Nootka complexion..is decidedly light.
1890 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough II. iii. 113 Amongst the Nootka Indians of British Columbia, when a bear had been killed, it was brought in and seated before the head chief.
1955 P. Drucker Indians of Northwest Coast 12 They [sc. the Chinook Indians] traded slaves from the Californian hinterland up the coast for Nootka canoes.
1989 J. Plant Wings of Eagle in J. Plant Healing Wounds 216 The Nootka custom of young girls having to swim alone, after they've come out of their first menstrual period.
2. Of, relating to, or designating the language of the Nootka peoples (see sense B. 1) or the language family to which it belongs (see Nootkan adj. 2).With reference to the language family, cf. quot. 1846 at sense B. 1 and note at sense B. 1.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective] > of Mosan languages > Wakashan > specific
Nootka1788
Nootkian1816
Nootkan1890
Kwakiutl1897
1788 R. Haswell in F. W. Howay Voy. Columbia (1941) 71 We were glad to find they spoke a dialect of the Nootka Language.
1792 G. Vancouver Voy. Discov. N. Pacific Ocean (1801) 233 Mr. Whidbey estimated the number of Indians inhabiting this place [sc. Gray's Harbour] at about one hundred; they spoke the Nootka language, but it did not appear to be their native language.
1822 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 401 The natives of the Columbia river have frequent intercourse with the Indians of Classett, who speak the Nootka language.
1846 H. Hale U.S. Exploring Exped.: Ethnogr. & Philol. 220 We might..add to the synopsis and map the Nootka Family, comprising the tribes of Vancouver's Island, and those along the south side of Fuca's Strait.
1891 J. W. Powell Indian Linguistic Families N. of Mexico (1892) 129 Waukash, is the Nootka word ‘good’.
1915 E. Sapir in Trans. Royal Soc. Canada 9 359 The Nootka language is genetically related to Kwakiutl, though only fairly distantly so.
1976 T. A. Sebeok Native Lang. Americas II. 379 Swadesh continued working with Sapir's and Thomas' Nootka texts, treating the morphology, which afforded the basis of his doctoral dissertation.
1999 J. Raban Passage to Juneau vii. 380 Chauk was a Nootka Indian word for ‘body of water’.
3. In the names of plants native to the northern Pacific coast of North America.
a. Nootka fir n. the Douglas fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > Douglas fir
Nootka fir1803
red fir1844
Oregon pine1845
Douglas fir1850
Oregon fir1853
1803 A. B. Lambert Descr. Genus Pinus I. 51 Nootka Fir... A specimen in the Banksian herbarium, brought home by Mr. Menzies, by whom it was discovered on the North-west coast of America.
1889 G. S. Boulger Uses of Plants vii. 186 Pseudotsuga Douglasii, Carrière, the Oregon Pine, or Douglas or Nootka Fir, abundant in North-west America, furnishes fine, straight, and durable timber.
1957 N.Z. Timber Jrnl. Dec. 59/2 Nootka fir, Douglas fir.
b. Nootka cypress n. (also Nootka false cypress, †Nootka Sound cypress) a tall pyramidal cypress, Callitropsis nootkatensis, of western North America. Also called Sitka cypress, yellow cedar.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > Lawson's cypress
yellow cedar1840
Oregon cedar1855
Lawson cypress1858
Nootka cypress1860
Sitka cedar1875
swamp-cypress1876
Sitka cypress1884
lawsoniana1959
1860 N. Amer. Rev. July 21 There are also some trees of great rarity and beauty, now on trial,..of which we will mention the Thiopsis borealis, or Nootka Sound Cypress, the Weeping Arbor-Vitæ, and Nordmann's Silver-Fir.
1897 G. B. Sudworth Nomencl. Arborescent Flora U.S. 79 Yellow Cedar... [Also called] Nootka Cypress... Nootka Sound Cypress.
1928 Amer. Midland Naturalist 11 319 Chamaecyparis nootkatensis Sudw. Nootko [sic] Cypress... Var: glauca Beiss. Blue Nootka Cypress.
1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 33/2 The Nootka false-cypress..has quadrangular, drooping branchlets and leaves without white markings on their undersides.
1993 Arboretum: Ann. Rep. Conn. Coll. Arboretum 11/2 Plants not previously used on campus include native Eastern Redbud..Shasta Viburnum..Nootka Falsecypress (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis).
B. n.
1. The Southern Wakashan language of the Nootka peoples, or the language family to which it belongs (see Nootkan adj. 2).In early use, referring either to the single language or the language family (cf. quot. 1891). In later use, a distinction has been made between Nootka as the individual language and Nootkan as the language family (cf. quot. 1979).
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > northern Amerindian > Mosan > Wakashan > specific
Nootkac1789
Makah1870
Kwakiutl1897
Nuu-chah-nulth1990
c1789 R. Haswell in F. W. Howay Voy. Columbia (1941) 102 Vocabulary of Nootka Sound. Nootka Tsawaak. English One.
1846 N. Amer. Rev. July 236 The elements of this dialect are the Nootka, English, Tshinuk, and French; together with a supply of words formed by onomatopœia.
1888 Science 26 Oct. 194/2 Regarding the logical basis of grammar, we may distinguish three groups: the first comprising the Salish, Kwakiutl, and Nutka.
1891 J. W. Powell Indian Linguistic Families N. of Mexico (1892) 129 The term ‘Wakash’ for this group of languages has since been generally ignored, and in its place Nootka or Nootka-Columbian has been adopted.
1915 E. Sapir Abnormal Types of Speech in Nootka 1 In Nootka there are special words used in speaking of obscene matters to or in the presence of women.
1934 Language 10 122 In Nootka a monosyllabic word may end in a consonant or a long vowel, but never in a short vowel.
1949 S. Warren Farthest Frontier 21 Linguistically, the situation was complicated by the various dialects, such as Nootka, Chinook, and Chehalis, each exceedingly complex in sentence structure and spoken within a limited area.
1979 W. H. Jacobsen in L. Campbell & M. Mithun Langs. Native Amer. 768 Wakashan is sharply divided into two branches, formerly usually referred to as Kwakiutl and Nootka.., now usually as Kwakiutlan (Kwakiutlic) and Nootkan to avoid confusion with single language members of each branch.
1997 L. Campbell Amer. Indian Langs. 63/1 Boas proposed that Salish, Chimakuan, and Nootka were..related.
2. A member of the Nootka peoples.
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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
1846 H. Hale U.S. Exploring Exped.: Ethnogr. & Philol. 198 (heading) The North-Oregon division. All the tribes north of the Columbia..belong to this division... The Nootkas..also belong to it.
1868 G. M. Sproat Scenes Stud. Savage Life iv. 22 The men (the Nootkahs) are below the middle height, with thick-set limbs, broad faces..and rough, coppery, and tanned skins.
1888 F. Boas in Trans. Royal Soc. Canada 6 ii. 47 The Nutka are probably an independent stock, while the Tlingit and Haida are related to one another.
1910 F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians II. 82/1 The Nootka form one branch of the great Wakashan family.
1973 A. H. Whiteford N. Amer. Indian Arts 46 Splint and rush plaiting was common among the Nootka.
1995 Sci. Amer. Dec. 54/2 Nootka of Vancouver Island and other Native American tribes of the region were susceptible to tsunami disasters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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