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Wakash, n. (and a.) Now Hist.|wɑːˈkæʃ|
[f. Nootka wa·ka·š bravo! (see quot. 1778).]
a. Orig., the name given to a subgroup of the Nootka.
b. = *Wakashan n. Also attrib. or as adj.
[1778Cook Jrnl. Apr. (1967) III. 323 Was I to name them [sc. the Indians of Nootka Sound] as a Nation I would call them Wak'ashians, from the word Wak'ash which they frequently made use of. ]1836A. Gallatin in Archæologia Americana II. 15 The language of the Wakash Indians who inhabit the island on which Nootka Sound is situated (49° north latitude), is the one in that quarter, which..is best known to us. 1856R. G. Latham in Trans. Philol. Soc. 73, I only imagine that if it [sc. the Naas family] really contain languages so different as the Chemmesyan and Hailtsa, it may also contain the Haidah and other groups, e.g. the one that comes next, or—XI. The Wakash of Quadra and Vancouver's Island. South of the Wakash area come..the following groups. 1862― Elements Compar. Philol. LV. 403 The class to which the Nútka [language] and its congeners belong is called the Wakash. The Tlaoquatsh and Wakash Proper belong to it. 1892J. W. Powell Indian Linguistic Families N. of Mexico (52nd U.S. Congress 1 Sess. House Misc. Doc. No. 31) 129 The term ‘Wakash’ for this group of languages has..been generally ignored, and in its place Nootka or Nootka-Columbian has been adopted. |