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单词 muskogean
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Muskogeann.adj.

Brit. /mʌˈskəʊɡɪən/, U.S. /məˈskoʊɡiən/, /ˌməskəˈɡiən/
Forms: 1800s– Muskhogean, 1900s– Muskogean.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Muskogee n., -an suffix.
Etymology: < Muskogee n. + -an suffix.In original form Muskhogean after Choctaw Muskhogee (see quot. 1836 at Muskogee n. 1a).
A. n.
A North American Indian language family of the south-eastern United States, consisting of the Creek-Seminole, Hitchiti-Mikasuki, Alabama-Koasati, Apalachee, and Choctaw-Chickasaw languages or language groupings.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > northern Amerindian > Penutian > Gulf Penutian > Natchez-Muskogean
Coushatta1836
Natchez1836
Choctaw1880
Muskogean1885
1885 J. W. Powell Ling. Families Indian Tribes N. of Mexico in Handbk. N. Amer. Indians (1996) XVII. 301 Family..Muskhogean.
1891 J. W. Powell in Science 6 Feb. 74/1 List of families..Muskhogean.—The Gulf States from the Savannah River and the Atlantic west to the Mississippi, and from the Gulf to the Tennessee River.
1965 C. F. Voegelin & F. M. Voegelin in Anthropol. Linguistics 7 129 The third map will show that the Macro-Algonquian phylum includes two language families (Algonquian and Muskogean) and many language isolates.
1972 Language 48 845 Hockett exemplifies 3a with ‘Arunta.., Muskogean (except Creek-Seminole).., and Wishram’.
1996 Handbk. N. Amer. Indians XVII. 125 Some speakers of a few groups of basically distinct speech, such as the Biloxi (Siouan) and Natchez, probably employed Muskogean as a local lingua franca.
B. adj.
Of or belonging to the Muskogean language family. Also: designating or relating to any or all of the peoples speaking a language of this family.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective]
American1625
Pawnee1806
Injun1839
Pano1851
Muskogean1889
1889 Science 30 Aug. 156/2 The fourth [catalogue]..relates to the Muskhogean languages.
1907 F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians i. 962/2 The Muskhogean population at the time of first contact with Europeans has been estimated at 50,000.
1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Sept. 624/3 Forming part of the Muskhogean culture area east of the Mississippi.
1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. iv. 72 The Muskogean family includes, among other languages, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole.
1940 Language 16 142 Curiously enough..certain other Muskogean languages closely related to Muskogee do employ gemination as a grammatical process.
1959 E. Tunis Indians 19/2 Remnants of the temple-mound culture survived into historical times among the Muskhogean Indians of the Southeast.
1978 J. A. Maxwell America's Fascinating Indian Heritage iii. 88/2 No one knows what tribe once inhabited Key Marco, though it seems likely that they were Calusa, relatives of the southern Muskogean people.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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