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Snohomish, a. and n.|snəʊˈhəʊmɪʃ|
Also Snow-.
[19th-cent. Puget Salish snuhumš.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the Snohomish or their language.
B. n. (A member of) a Salish Indian people of western Washington; also, their language.
1856N. D. Hill Let. 30 Sept. in U.S. Congr. House Exec. Doc. (1857) xxxvii. 77, I received a letter from you appointing me the local agent for the Snohomish, the Snoqualmi, and the Skiquamish tribes of Indians. 1874Field & Stream 20 Aug. 18/3 This assertion was verified afterwards by a Snohomish Indian. 1910F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians II. 606/2 Snohomish. A Salish tribe formerly on the s. end of Whidbey id., Puget sd., and on the mainland opposite at the mouth of Snohomish r., Wash. Pop. 350 in 1850. The remnant is now on Tulalip res., Wash., mixed with other broken tribes. 1940M. W. Smith Puyallup–Nisqually 17 In the Puyallup–Nisqually dialect the word means butte or rump but informants thought it might mean something else in the dialects of either the Twana or Snohomish. 1966Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics XXXII. 350/2 Snowhomish..was spoken in the region around Port Gardner Bay..and along the Snowhomish River. 1977C. F. & F. M. Voegelin Classification & Index World's Lang. 301 Puget Sound Salish = Puget = Toughnowawmish. D[ialect]s Northern Puget Sound (Skagit, Snohomish), Southern Puget Sound (Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Nisqualli, Puyallup, Snoqualmie, Suquamish). 10–20. Washington. |