Pit Riveradj.n.

Brit.

/pɪt ˈrɪvə/, U.S.

/pɪt ˈrɪvər/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, Pit Rivers.

Forms: 1800s– Pit River, 1800s– Pitt River.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Pit River.

Etymology: < Pit River, the name of a river in northern California along which the people live (compare quot. 1863 at sense A.).Pit River has always been preferred locally as the collective name for the people and their language to the anthropological term Achumawi, which is taken from the name of one of the nine bands.

A. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating any of the nine bands of a North American Indian people living along the Pit River in northern California, also referred to collectively as the Achumawi; (also) designating the Palaihnihan language of this people. Cf. Achumawi adj.

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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North California and South Washington > [adjective]

Palouse1836

Haida1841

Shasta1843

Pit River1851

Yurok1851

Modoc1854

Pomo1872

Achumawi1874

Yuki1875

Nisenan1877

Takelma1907

Shastan1910

Yahi1911

Wiyot1918

Ohlone1964

1851 Alta California (San Francisco) 4 Feb. 2/5 But toe [read the] most important intelligence we are in recept [sic] of is that the Pitt River Indians in that vicinity are exceedingly troublesome.

1863 J. S. Hittell Resources Calif. xii. 394 The Pit River Indians dig pits..and cover them with brush and grass, and thus catch deer, hares, and so forth.

1926 Amer. Anthropologist 28 356 By his ‘poison’ a medicine-man means indifferently his power, his medicine, the poison actual or magical that he ‘shoots’, the animal from which he derives it. It is all the same thing in Pit River psychology, and is expressed by the word ‘damagomi’.

1954 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 16 Mar. 3/3 Many of California's Indians don't want the white man to give the land back to them yet, a Pit River tribe leader says.

1984 P. Matthiessen Indian Country x. 261 This land is..shared by the Pit River bands with Northern Paiute from the Great Basin.

2004 Indian Country Today (Nexis) 21 Jan. 1 Every year, the Pit River Indians run from Mount Shasta to Mount Lassen... ‘Use Jet-Acu (Mount Shasta in Pit River language) as a model,’ an elder tells us.

B. n.

A member of any of the bands of the Pit River people; (also) the Palaihnihan language spoken by this people. Cf. Achumawi n.

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1877 A. S. Gatschet in W. W. Beach Indian Misc. 425 Duplication of the entire root..is extensively observed in the formation..of adjectives..etc., in Cayuse, Yakon, Clamath, Pit River, Chokoyem, [etc.].

1926 Amer. Anthropologist 28 353 I have said that the Pit River were very primitive; I might have said that they still are.

1957 Ethnohistory 4 85 Until 1877 the Achomawi were known only as ‘Pitt (or Pit) Rivers’, or ‘Pit River Indians’.

1967 T. W. Blackburn Good Day to Die ix. 67 So it went. Another Sioux. A Washoe, a Pitt River,..Caddo, Wichita,..and Mandan. All the nations, stating their convictions.

1979 J. Bauman Pit River Teaching Dict. 3 The short description of the Pit River alphabet..will also help students..focus on the differences between Pit River and English.

1994 Callaloo 17 221 If you are a Pit River, a Modoc, an Osage, a Flathead, or a Nez Perce..and your heart calls you home, you are right to go.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pit river
释义	Pit Riveradj.n. Brit. /pɪt ˈrɪvə/, U.S. /pɪt ˈrɪvər/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, Pit Rivers. Forms: 1800s– Pit River, 1800s– Pitt River. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Pit River. Etymology: < Pit River, the name of a river in northern California along which the people live (compare quot. 1863 at sense A.).Pit River has always been preferred locally as the collective name for the people and their language to the anthropological term Achumawi, which is taken from the name of one of the nine bands. A. adj. Of, relating to, or designating any of the nine bands of a North American Indian people living along the Pit River in northern California, also referred to collectively as the Achumawi; (also) designating the Palaihnihan language of this people. Cf. Achumawi adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North California and South Washington > [adjective] Palouse1836 Haida1841 Shasta1843 Pit River1851 Yurok1851 Modoc1854 Pomo1872 Achumawi1874 Yuki1875 Nisenan1877 Takelma1907 Shastan1910 Yahi1911 Wiyot1918 Ohlone1964 1851 Alta California (San Francisco) 4 Feb. 2/5 But toe [read the] most important intelligence we are in recept [sic] of is that the Pitt River Indians in that vicinity are exceedingly troublesome. 1863 J. S. Hittell Resources Calif. xii. 394 The Pit River Indians dig pits..and cover them with brush and grass, and thus catch deer, hares, and so forth. 1926 Amer. Anthropologist 28 356 By his ‘poison’ a medicine-man means indifferently his power, his medicine, the poison actual or magical that he ‘shoots’, the animal from which he derives it. It is all the same thing in Pit River psychology, and is expressed by the word ‘damagomi’. 1954 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 16 Mar. 3/3 Many of California's Indians don't want the white man to give the land back to them yet, a Pit River tribe leader says. 1984 P. Matthiessen Indian Country x. 261 This land is..shared by the Pit River bands with Northern Paiute from the Great Basin. 2004 Indian Country Today (Nexis) 21 Jan. 1 Every year, the Pit River Indians run from Mount Shasta to Mount Lassen... ‘Use Jet-Acu (Mount Shasta in Pit River language) as a model,’ an elder tells us. B. n. A member of any of the bands of the Pit River people; (also) the Palaihnihan language spoken by this people. Cf. Achumawi n. ΚΠ 1877 A. S. Gatschet in W. W. Beach Indian Misc. 425 Duplication of the entire root..is extensively observed in the formation..of adjectives..etc., in Cayuse, Yakon, Clamath, Pit River, Chokoyem, [etc.]. 1926 Amer. Anthropologist 28 353 I have said that the Pit River were very primitive; I might have said that they still are. 1957 Ethnohistory 4 85 Until 1877 the Achomawi were known only as ‘Pitt (or Pit) Rivers’, or ‘Pit River Indians’. 1967 T. W. Blackburn Good Day to Die ix. 67 So it went. Another Sioux. A Washoe, a Pitt River,..Caddo, Wichita,..and Mandan. All the nations, stating their convictions. 1979 J. Bauman Pit River Teaching Dict. 3 The short description of the Pit River alphabet..will also help students..focus on the differences between Pit River and English. 1994 Callaloo 17 221 If you are a Pit River, a Modoc, an Osage, a Flathead, or a Nez Perce..and your heart calls you home, you are right to go. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1851
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