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单词 Wakashan
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Definition of Wakashan in English:

Wakashan

adjective waˈkaʃ(ə)nwäˈkaSHən
  • Relating to or denoting a small family of almost extinct languages of the northern Pacific coast, including Kwakiutl and Nootka.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Salishan and Wakashan languages are the favorite candidates for languages lacking the noun/verb contrast, but there have been several other proposals.
noun waˈkaʃ(ə)nwäˈkaSHən
mass noun
  • The Wakashan family of languages.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The ‘keepers of the language’ should be the language family - Algonquin, Athapaskan, Eskimo-Aleut, Haida, Iroquoian, Hutenai, Salishan, Siouan, Tlingit, Wakashan.

Origin

From Nootka waukash 'good' (said to have been applied to the people by Captain Cook) + -an.

 
 

Definition of Wakashan in US English:

Wakashan

adjectivewäˈkaSHən
  • Relating to or denoting a small family of almost extinct languages of the northern Pacific coast, including Kwakiutl and Nootka.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Salishan and Wakashan languages are the favorite candidates for languages lacking the noun/verb contrast, but there have been several other proposals.
nounwäˈkaSHən
  • The Wakashan family of languages.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The ‘keepers of the language’ should be the language family - Algonquin, Athapaskan, Eskimo-Aleut, Haida, Iroquoian, Hutenai, Salishan, Siouan, Tlingit, Wakashan.

Origin

From Nootka waukash ‘good’ (said to have been applied to the people by Captain Cook) + -an.

 
 
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