Lushootseedn.adj.
/ləˈʃuːtsiːd/, U.S. /ləˈʃutˌsid/ A. n.
The Salishan language of the people of the Puget Sound in Washington state.Formerly called Puget (Sound) Salish (cf. Salish n.). The first dialect of Lushootseed to be studied was Nisqually (cf. Nisqually n.).
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Okanagan1827
Spokane1875
Nisqually1877
Twana1886
Songhees1911
Shuswap1927
Tillamook1927
Squamish1934
Snohomish1940
Lushootseed1976
Skokomish1977
1976 T. Hess Dict. Puget Salish 275 Lushootseed, the Salish language spoken in the vicinity of Puget sound.
1986 Language 62 113 Lushootseed, a Salishan language, appears to allow only one overt NP per clause.
2002 Sci. Amer. Aug. 84/3 Lushootseed, a nearly extinct language of the Puget Sound area, is almost unique in its use of reduplication in three different forms—as prefix, suffix, and even as root.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the Lushootseed language or its speakers.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective] > of Mosan languages > Salish > of specific Salish languages
Spokane1838
Tillamook1844
Snohomish1856
Twana1886
Shuswap1904
Squamish1928
Lushootseed1977
1977 Anthropol. Linguistics 19 403 (title) Lushootseed dialects.
1989 Financial Times (Nexis) 11 Nov. 11 Tonight's Gala Evening at the Queen Elizabeth Hall features..Lushootseed legends from Washington-State Vi Hilbert.
1994 Ethnohistory 41 383 Family spirit bonds formed the basis for the operational units within Lushootseed society.
2002 Lang., Learning, & Technol. (Nexis) 6 1 May 102 The user can click on the Lushootseed word to hear it spoken in Lushootseed or translated into English.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1976