Athabaskanadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌaθəˈbask(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˌæθəˈbæsk(ə)n/

Forms: 1800s– Athabascan, 1800s– Athapascan, 1900s– Athabaskan, 1900s– Athapaskan.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Lake Athabasca , -an suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Lake Athabasca, formerly also Lake Athapasca ( < Cree (Woods) aðapaskāw (place where) there are many plants one after another) + -an suffix.The Athabaskan peoples have various self-designations, often including a word for ‘person, people’ (see Dene adj.²); compare e.g. the Chipewyan form cited at Chipewyan n. The name of the language family was introduced by A. Gallatin in the form Athapasca (compare quot. 1836 at sense B. 2).

A. adj.

Of or relating to a family of North American languages including Navajo and various Apache languages of the south-western United States, several languages of coastal California and Oregon, and many languages of Alaska and north-western Canada, including Chipewyan. Also: designating any or all of the peoples speaking such languages; of or relating to such peoples.

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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > [adjective] > members of principal groups

Sioux1761

Athabaskan1844

Algonquian1883

the mind > language > languages of the world > North American > [adjective] > Athabaskan

Athabaskan1844

1844 Morning Post 14 Dec. 6/2 The difference between the Athabascan languages of Oregon and the Nootka Columbian languages of the Oregon are..the differences between the Latin and Greek, the Welsh and Gaelic, the German and Icelandic.

1846 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 41 171 An inspection of the vocabularies of the languages spoken on the north-west coast, will aid us in defining the limits of the Athabascan family.

1877 L. H. Morgan Anc. Society i. i. 10 It leaves in the Upper Status of Savagery the Athapascan tribes of the Hudson's Bay Territory.

1915 R. H. Lowie in Amer. Anthropologist 17 239 All the Siouan, or all the Athabaskan, or all the Southwestern systems.

1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. iv. 72 The Athabascan family covers all but the coastal fringe of northwestern Canada.

1977 J. McPhee Coming into Country iii. 226 The discovery claim was ten miles above the Tron-diuck—an Athapaskan phrase meaning ‘hammer water’.

1999 Beadwork Summer 61/1 The traditional Athabaskan way to design flowers is to set one blossom against a sea of fill.

2005 Nature 15 Dec. 914/3 The elder's advice is to learn the common syntax and grammar of another Athabaskan language, such as Dine.

B. n.

1. A member of the Athabaskan-speaking peoples. Athabaskan is now the usual name of these peoples in the United States and Dene in Canada.

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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > [noun] > members of principal groups

Algonquin1667

Sioux1703

Athabaskan1846

Algonquian1890

Macro-Algonquian1965

1846 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 41 170 To the west of the Rocky Mountains, the Athabascans, under the names of Tacullies or Carriers, occupy the country called New Caledonia.

1870 L. H. Morgan Syst. Consanguinity v. 231 The Athapascans depend for subsistence upon fish and game.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 814/2 The Athapascan covered all north-western Canada with his open and portable birch-bark canoe.

1938 R. H. Lowie Hist. Ethnol. Theory viii. 121 The Canadian Athabaskans are introduced as ‘vigorous, but poorly endowed’.

2012 Louisiana Hist. 53 472 Then began a history of intense interactions between Pueblos and Athapaskans that continued through the Spanish colonial era.

2. The Athabaskan family of languages; a language of this family.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > North American > [noun] > Na-Dene > Athabaskan

Athabaskan1889

1889 Cent. Dict. Athabaskan, a member or the language of this family.

1926 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 4 115/1 Even the remarkable resemblances between Tlingit and Athapaskan may perhaps be accounted for otherwise than by incorporating them with Haida.

1932 D. Jenness Indians of Canada ii. 20 Philologists..have discovered no kinship among any of the eleven Canadian tongues, unless perhaps between Haida, Tlinkit, and Athapaskan.

1986 Canad. Indian (Dept. Indian & Northern Affairs) (1990) 7/1 Ten Canadian Indian language families are recognized today: Algonkian, Iroquoian, Siouan, Athapaskan, Kootenayan, Salishan, Wakashan, Tsimshian, Haida and Tlingit.

2007 Language 83 226/2 The other major North American language family, Athabaskan (or Na-Dene), is not represented at all in the sample.

Compounds

Athabaskan-speaking adj.

ΚΠ

1907 G. Friederici in Ann. Rep. Board Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1906 App. 427 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (59th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Doc. 575) XCVII All the Athapascan-speaking peoples..mutilated the dead of their enemies.

1989 M. Dorris Broken Cord (1990) i. 2 Tyonek, an Athapaskan-speaking Indian community on the west coast of Cook Inlet.

2017 Yukon News (Nexis) 13 Jan. a20 Traditionally, the Athabaskan-speaking people of the southwest Yukon..traded extensively with the coastal Tlingit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	athabaskan
释义	Athabaskanadj.n. Brit. /ˌaθəˈbask(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌæθəˈbæsk(ə)n/ Forms: 1800s– Athabascan, 1800s– Athapascan, 1900s– Athabaskan, 1900s– Athapaskan. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Lake Athabasca , -an suffix. Etymology: < the name of Lake Athabasca, formerly also Lake Athapasca ( < Cree (Woods) aðapaskāw (place where) there are many plants one after another) + -an suffix.The Athabaskan peoples have various self-designations, often including a word for ‘person, people’ (see Dene adj.²); compare e.g. the Chipewyan form cited at Chipewyan n. The name of the language family was introduced by A. Gallatin in the form Athapasca (compare quot. 1836 at sense B. 2). A. adj. Of or relating to a family of North American languages including Navajo and various Apache languages of the south-western United States, several languages of coastal California and Oregon, and many languages of Alaska and north-western Canada, including Chipewyan. Also: designating any or all of the peoples speaking such languages; of or relating to such peoples. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > [adjective] > members of principal groups Sioux1761 Athabaskan1844 Algonquian1883 the mind > language > languages of the world > North American > [adjective] > Athabaskan Athabaskan1844 1844 Morning Post 14 Dec. 6/2 The difference between the Athabascan languages of Oregon and the Nootka Columbian languages of the Oregon are..the differences between the Latin and Greek, the Welsh and Gaelic, the German and Icelandic. 1846 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 41 171 An inspection of the vocabularies of the languages spoken on the north-west coast, will aid us in defining the limits of the Athabascan family. 1877 L. H. Morgan Anc. Society i. i. 10 It leaves in the Upper Status of Savagery the Athapascan tribes of the Hudson's Bay Territory. 1915 R. H. Lowie in Amer. Anthropologist 17 239 All the Siouan, or all the Athabaskan, or all the Southwestern systems. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. iv. 72 The Athabascan family covers all but the coastal fringe of northwestern Canada. 1977 J. McPhee Coming into Country iii. 226 The discovery claim was ten miles above the Tron-diuck—an Athapaskan phrase meaning ‘hammer water’. 1999 Beadwork Summer 61/1 The traditional Athabaskan way to design flowers is to set one blossom against a sea of fill. 2005 Nature 15 Dec. 914/3 The elder's advice is to learn the common syntax and grammar of another Athabaskan language, such as Dine. B. n. 1. A member of the Athabaskan-speaking peoples. Athabaskan is now the usual name of these peoples in the United States and Dene in Canada. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > [noun] > members of principal groups Algonquin1667 Sioux1703 Athabaskan1846 Algonquian1890 Macro-Algonquian1965 1846 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 41 170 To the west of the Rocky Mountains, the Athabascans, under the names of Tacullies or Carriers, occupy the country called New Caledonia. 1870 L. H. Morgan Syst. Consanguinity v. 231 The Athapascans depend for subsistence upon fish and game. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 814/2 The Athapascan covered all north-western Canada with his open and portable birch-bark canoe. 1938 R. H. Lowie Hist. Ethnol. Theory viii. 121 The Canadian Athabaskans are introduced as ‘vigorous, but poorly endowed’. 2012 Louisiana Hist. 53 472 Then began a history of intense interactions between Pueblos and Athapaskans that continued through the Spanish colonial era. 2. The Athabaskan family of languages; a language of this family. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > North American > [noun] > Na-Dene > Athabaskan Athabaskan1889 1889 Cent. Dict. Athabaskan, a member or the language of this family. 1926 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 4 115/1 Even the remarkable resemblances between Tlingit and Athapaskan may perhaps be accounted for otherwise than by incorporating them with Haida. 1932 D. Jenness Indians of Canada ii. 20 Philologists..have discovered no kinship among any of the eleven Canadian tongues, unless perhaps between Haida, Tlinkit, and Athapaskan. 1986 Canad. Indian (Dept. Indian & Northern Affairs) (1990) 7/1 Ten Canadian Indian language families are recognized today: Algonkian, Iroquoian, Siouan, Athapaskan, Kootenayan, Salishan, Wakashan, Tsimshian, Haida and Tlingit. 2007 Language 83 226/2 The other major North American language family, Athabaskan (or Na-Dene), is not represented at all in the sample. Compounds Athabaskan-speaking adj. ΚΠ 1907 G. Friederici in Ann. Rep. Board Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1906 App. 427 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (59th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Doc. 575) XCVII All the Athapascan-speaking peoples..mutilated the dead of their enemies. 1989 M. Dorris Broken Cord (1990) i. 2 Tyonek, an Athapaskan-speaking Indian community on the west coast of Cook Inlet. 2017 Yukon News (Nexis) 13 Jan. a20 Traditionally, the Athabaskan-speaking people of the southwest Yukon..traded extensively with the coastal Tlingit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1844
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