Shuswapn.adj.
/ˈʃʊswɒp/ A. n.
a. A North American Indian people inhabiting southern British Columbia.
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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
1838 S. Parker Jrnl. Tour beyond Rocky Mts. (1842) 313 West of these [sc. the Kettle Falls Indians] are the Sinpauēlish..; and below these are the Shooshaps, having a population of five hundred and seventy-five.
1844 C. Wilkes Narr. U.S. Exploring Exped. IV. xiii. 480 This part..is inhabited by the two great nations of the north, the Takali, and Atnaks or Shouswaps: the former are also known by the name of the Carriers.
1904 A. G. Morice Hist. N. Interior Brit. Columbia 6 In case of death the bodies were buried among the Chilcotins and the Shushwaps.
1959 E. Tunis Indians 130/2 The Shushwap were a typical tribe of the interior Salish.
b. The Salish language of this people.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > northern Amerindian > Mosan > Salish > Salish languages
Okanagan1827
Spokane1875
Nisqually1877
Twana1886
Songhees1911
Shuswap1927
Tillamook1927
Squamish1934
Snohomish1940
Lushootseed1976
Skokomish1977
1927 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 4 120 Salisham—Interior dialects: Shuswap; Lillooet.
1965 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 10 86 Terms found in those Salisham languages which are geographically the closest, particularly Kalispel..and Shuswap where available.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to this people or their language.
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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of Great Basin and Plateau > [adjective]
Shoshone1805
Nez Perce1811
Ute1826
Spokane1838
Sahaptin1841
Skokomish1844
Paiute1845
Salish1849
Yakima1855
Kutenai1877
Salishana1886
Shuswap1904
Wallawalla1957
the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective] > of Mosan languages > Salish > of specific Salish languages
Spokane1838
Tillamook1844
Snohomish1856
Twana1886
Shuswap1904
Squamish1928
Lushootseed1977
1904 A. G. Morice Hist. N. Interior Brit. Columbia iv. 51 This so-called Carrier vocabulary is made up of Shushwap words.
1976 Shuswap Visitor's Guide 10/3 According to a Shuswap Indian legend, you will find a place of perpetual summer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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