Skokomishn.adj.
/skəʊˈkəʊmɪʃ/ A. n.
1. A Salishan people, now few in number, inhabiting the Puget Sound in north-west Washington State. Cf. Twana n.
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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
1854 H. R. Schoolcraft Information Indian Tribes U.S. IV. 598 Indians of Puget Sound. Skoskomish..Head of Hood's Canal.
1874 H. H. Bancroft Native Races Pacific States I. 301 The Skokomish live at the upper end of Hood Canal.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 80/1 Salishan, the name of a linguistic family of North American Indian tribes, the more important of which [include] the Salish.., Skokomish, Spokan and Tulalip.
1928 41st Ann. Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1919–24 376 Plates 63–75 give some other Klikitat baskets and also work of the Salishan, Skokomish and Chimakuan Quilente.
1960 W. W. Elmendorf Struct. Twana Culture v. 259 In nearly all respects the Skokomish acted as a village unit in their economic and social life.
1960 W. W. Elmendorf Struct. Twana Culture v. 259 The ethnic name of the Skokomish is of course an extended-area term.., not derived from a single-site name.
2. The Salishan 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
1909 A. L. Kroeber in Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 39 81 Chinook and Skokomish, both of the North Pacific Coast, are alike in indicating the condition of the connecting relative.
1977 C. F. Voegelin & F. M. Voegelin Classif. & Index World's Langs. 301 Salish..23. Twana = Toanhuch = Toanhooch = Tuadhu = Skokomish. Fewer than 10 [speakers]. Washington.
B. adj.
Of or relating 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
1844 C. Wilkes Narr. U.S. Exploring Exped. IV. xii. 437 After passing further down the canal, they found the Scocomish tribe who inhabit its Southern end.
1854 H. R. Schoolcraft Information Indian Tribes U.S. IV. 600 The Tuanooch and Skoskomish tribes speak the same language.
1855 H. R. Schoolcraft Indian Tribes U.S. VII. 701 The Tuanok and Skokomish tribes reside along the shores of Hood's canal.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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