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Kamchadal|ˈkæmtʃədæl|
Also Kamtchat(ka)dale, Kamt(s)chadale.
[Russ.]
a. A member of a Mongoloid people inhabiting the Kamchatka peninsula on the Pacific coast of Siberia.
b. The language of this people.
1764J. Grieve tr. Krasheninnikov's Hist. Kamtschatka iii. iii. 175 Thus it appears likely, that the Kamtschadales lived formerly in Mungalia beyond the river Amur, and made one people with the Mungals. 1790tr. J.B.B. de Lesseps's Trav. Kamtschatka I. 134 It is observed..that Kamtschadales of either sex, do not live longer than Russians. 1824J. D. Cochrane Narr. Journey Russia & Siberian Tartary (ed. 2) II. xi. 43 The number of real Kamtchatdales who retain their ancient usages is small. 1855Eng. Cycl.: Nat. Hist. III. 557 The Kalan of the Kamtchatkadales. 1871E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. iii. 98 This spiritualistic belief among the Kamchadals is, no doubt, the key to their superstition as to rescuing drowning men. 1909Westm. Gaz. 28 Aug. 10/2 The Kamchadals, one of the numerous tribes inhabiting the North of Siberia. 1933L. Bloomfield Lang. iv. 70 The Hyperborean family..consists of Chukchee..Koryak..and Kamchadal. 1937R. H. Lowie Hist. Ethnol. Theory ii. 15 The Kamchadal cooked meat in wooden troughs filled with water into which they threw heated rocks. 1956[see Gilyak]. |