单词 | achumawi |
释义 | Achumawin.adj. A. n. A member of any of the nine bands of a North American Indian people living along the Pit River in northern California; (also) the Palaihnihan language spoken by this people. Cf. Pit River n.Originally used by Powers variously to denote one of the nine bands of the Pit River Indians in particular (see quot. 1874) and to refer collectively to all these bands and the related Atsugewi Indians of Dixie Valley and Hat Creek; in later usage restricted to the Pit River bands or used specifically for the Fall River band, which has sometimes been distinguished by the spelling Ajumawi (see quot. 1978). ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North California and South Washington > [noun] Multnomah1804 Palouse1827 Ohlone1831 Haida1841 Shasta1843 Karok1851 Wiyot1851 Pomo1852 Hupa1853 Modoc1854 Wishram1855 Yuki1858 Nisenan1873 Achumawi1874 Takelma1881 Shastan1910 Yana1910 Yahi1911 Pomoan1979 1874 S. Power in Overland Monthly May 412/1 The Pit River Indians may be divided into three principle tribes—the Achomáwes,..the Hamefcuttelies;..and the Astakaywas or Astakywich. 1903 Amer. Anthropologist 5 6 The fourth language of this class is the Achomawi, of the Pit river region in the northeastern part of the state. 1930 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 6 78/1 At all common meetings the speeches are always in Achumawi and not translated. 1952 J. R. Swanton Indian Tribes N. Amer. (U.S. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. Bull. No. 145) 479 The Achomawi were originally classed with the Atsugewi..under the name Palainihan. 1978 Handbk. N. Amer. Indians VIII. 230 The tribelets [of the Achumawi]..are..Madesiwi, Itsatawi, Ilmawi, Ajumawi (used here for the Fall River tribelet only, reserving Achumawi for the Pit River people as a whole), Atwamsini, Astariwawi, Hammawi, Qosalektawi, Hewisedawi. 2005 Independent (Nexis) 29 Oct. The Wintu, the Achumawi, the Shasta and other Indians consider Mount Shasta in California, or places thereon, to be sacred. B. adj. (attributive). Of, relating to, or designating the Achumawi or their language. Cf. Pit River adj. ΘΠ 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 1874 S. Powers in Overland Monthly May 414/2 An Achomáwe mother seldom teaches her daughters any of the arts of barbaric housekeeping before their marriage. 1906 R. B. Dixon Congreso Intl. Americanistes 15th Sess. (1907) ii. 260 The Achomawi form as employed with the verb, shows no resemblance..to the independent pronoun. 1928 F. B. Kniffen Achomawi Geogr. 320 Atsugewi and Achomawi names for physiographic features. 1954 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 20 183 Of the ten Achumawi informants, only four had heard or knew of old-timers who understood Atsugewi. 2002 H. W. Luthin Surviving through Days ix. 144 Forty-five narratives..from Atsugewi and Achumawi storytellers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1874 |
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