单词 | wakashan |
释义 | Wakashann.adj. A. n. A family of North American Indian languages spoken in parts of British Columbia and Washington state, including Kwakiutl and Nootka; occasionally a speaker of any of these languages. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > northern Amerindian > Mosan > Wakashan Wakash1856 Wakashan1929 1929 E. Sapir in Encycl. Brit. V. 139/1 The following reductions of linguistic stocks which have been proposed may be looked upon as either probable or very possible:..5, Mosan, consisting of Salish, Chimakuan and Wakashan. 1965 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 10 83 Swadesh undertook the comparison of..Chimakuan and Wakashan in 1953 and made impressionistic or ad hoc reconstructions for Proto-Mosan and the subincluded families. 1976 M. R. Haas in T. A. Sebeok Native Lang. Americas I. i. 27 Later..Swadesh abandoned the idea of a special group known as Mosan and removed Wakashan and placed it in another large construct along with Eskimo-Aleut... The matter is still far from being resolved. B. adj. Belonging to or characteristic of (speakers of) this language group. ΘΚΠ 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 the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective] > of Mosan languages > Wakashan Wakashan1892 1892 J. W. Powell Indian Linguistic Families N. of Mexico (52nd U.S. Congress 1 Sess. House Misc. Doc. No. 31 ) 128 Wakashan family... The above family name is based upon a vocabulary of the Wakash Indians, who, according to Gallatin..‘inhabit the island on which Nootka Sound is situated’. 1910 J. R. Swanton in F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians II. 895/1 Wakashan dwellings were large structures of huge cedar beams and planks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.adj.1892 |
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