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单词 Na-Dene
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Definition of Na-Dene in English:

Na-Dene

adjective nɑːˈdɛninɑːˈdɛneɪˌnä dāˈnā
  • Denoting or belonging to a postulated phylum of North American languages including the Athabaskan family, Tlingit, and (in some classifications) Haida.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Athabaskan language family is one of three families within the Na-Dene language phylum.
    • Basque may be the remnant language of the Cro-Magnon (who lived 30,000 to 40,000 years ago), which evolved into Caucasian, Sino-Tibetan and Na-Dene (Apache, Navajo, and Athabaskan) languages.
noun nɑːˈdɛninɑːˈdɛneɪˌnä dāˈnā
mass noun
  • The Na-Dene language group.

Origin

Early 20th century: from Tlingit naa 'tribe' (related to Haida náa 'dwell') + North Athabaskan dene 'tribe'.

Rhymes

affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea
 
 

Definition of Na-Dene in US English:

Na-Dene

adjectiveˌnä dāˈnā
  • Relating to a postulated phylum of North American languages including the Athabaskan family, Tlingit, and (in some classifications) Haida.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Basque may be the remnant language of the Cro-Magnon (who lived 30,000 to 40,000 years ago), which evolved into Caucasian, Sino-Tibetan and Na-Dene (Apache, Navajo, and Athabaskan) languages.
    • The Athabaskan language family is one of three families within the Na-Dene language phylum.
nounˌnä dāˈnā
  • The Na-Dene language group.

Origin

Early 20th century: from Tlingit naa ‘tribe’ (related to Haida náa ‘dwell’) + North Athabaskan dene ‘tribe’.

 
 
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