- Wakashan
- noun Etymology: Nootka wa•ka•š, interjection used as a shout of approval Date: circa 1895 a family of American Indian languages spoken in coastal areas of British Columbia and northwest Washington
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Wakashan
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Wakashan — [wä kash′ən, wä′kə shan΄] n. a family of North American Indian languages of British Columbia and Washington, including Nootka and Kwakiutl … English World dictionary
Wakashan — Die Wakash Sprachen oder Wakashan Sprachen (Engl.:wakashan languages) sind eine indigene nordamerikanische Sprachfamilie, die sechs in Kanada in British Columbia und auf Vancouver Island gesprochene Sprachen und eine ausgestorbene Sprache (Makah) … Deutsch Wikipedia
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Wakashan-Sprachen — Die Wakash Sprachen oder Wakashan Sprachen (Engl.:wakashan languages) sind eine indigene nordamerikanische Sprachfamilie, die sechs in Kanada in British Columbia und auf Vancouver Island gesprochene Sprachen und eine ausgestorbene Sprache (Makah) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Wakashan language — noun a family of North American Indian languages of British Columbia and Washington • Syn: ↑Wakashan • Hypernyms: ↑Mosan • Hyponyms: ↑Kwakiutl, ↑Nootka … Useful english dictionary
Wakashan — /wah kash euhn, waw keuh shan /, n. a family of American Indian languages spoken in British Columbia and Washington and including esp. Kwakiutl and Nootka. [1895; coined by J.W. Powell from Wakash, used as the name of a Nootka subgroup but orig.… … Universalium
Wakashan — n. family of American Indian languages … English contemporary dictionary
Wakashan — [wa kaʃ(ə)n] noun a small family of almost extinct American Indian languages of the northern Pacific coast, including Kwakiutl and Nootka. Origin from Nootka waukash good + an … English new terms dictionary
wakashan — wa·kash·an … English syllables
