| 释义 |
Naskapi, a. and n.|ˈnæskəpɪ|
Also Nascapee, -i, Nascopi(e), -upi, Nasquapee, Nescaupick.
[Native name.]
A. adj. Pertaining to or designating an Indian people inhabiting northern Quebec and the interior of Labrador.
B. n.
a. This people; a member of this people.
b. Their language.
1774G. Cartwright Jrnl. 18 June (1792) II. 9 Soon after our arrival there, two canoes of Nescaupick Indians came. 1779― Jrnl. 7 Mar. (1792) II. 418 My Nescaupick sled..was drawn by the two men, a bloodhound, and a Newfoundland dog. 1849J. McLean Notes 25 Years' Service Hudson's Bay I. 305 The Nascopies, or mountaineers of Labrador, speak a mixture of Cree and Sauteaux, the former predominating. 1863H. Y. Hind Explor. Labrador Peninsula I. iii. 34 On Father Laure's map..the Nasquapees are stated to occupy the country north of this lake under the name of Les Cuneskapi. 1908Catholic Encycl. III. 229/2 To the east are the Micmac, Malecite, Abnaki, Nascapi, and the Montagnais of Labrador. 1934D. Jenness Indians of Canada (ed. 2) xviii. 270 Two tribes (Montagnais ‘Mountaineers’; Naskapi ‘rude, uncivilized people’) were the first to come into close contact with Europeans. Ibid. 271 Much of the Naskapi territory was open plateau covered with grasses and lichens. 1957Encycl. Brit. XV. 741/2 North of the St. Lawrence, the Montagnais and Nascapee resemble the southern Algonkin. 1966C. F. & F. M. Voegelin Map N. Amer. Indian Lang. (caption) Algonquian Family. 1. Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi. 1974Country Life 4 Apr. 780/3 A painted deerskin coat of the Naskapi tribe. |