| 释义 |
Yakima, n. and a.|ˈjækɪmə|
Also 9 Yacama; Iakima.
[Native name.]
A. n.
a. (A member of) a group of American Indians who lived in the area of the Columbia and Yakima Rivers in south central Washington before their confinement, with other tribes, on the Yakima Reservation in 1858; since then, (a member of) the Indians of this reservation.
b. The language of the Yakima, a member of the Sahaptin group.
B. adj. Pertaining to or designating the Yakima.
1852S. Eastman in H. R. Schoolcraft Indian Tribes U.S. (1853) III. facing p. 96 Yackimas. 1855N.Y. Herald 15 Nov. 2/3 All the Yacama Indians are in the field, and the war has fairly begun. 1857Spirit of Times 4 July 277/3, I have..become a sub in one of Uncle Sam's regular regiments engaged in the late campaigns against the Yakima. 1940M. W. Smith Puyallup-Nisqually 20 The two Sahaptin dialects, Kittitas and Iakima. 1946J. T. Adams Album Amer. Hist. III. 84 In 1855 the Yakimas attacked parties of prospectors. 1973A. H. Whiteford N. Amer. Indian Arts 39 The..Yakima..make baskets with thick, hard coils of cedar root strips. 1976Billings (Montana) Gaz. 1 July 3-b/2 Indians..led by Sid Mills, a Yakima Indian from Washington. 1978[see rankle v. 5 b]. |