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单词 musqueam
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Musqueamn.adj.

Brit. /ˈmʌskwɪəm/, U.S. /ˈməskwiəm/, Canadian English /ˈmʌskwiəm/
Inflections: Plural unchanged.
Forms: 1800s Masquiamme, 1800s Miskwiam, 1800s– Misqueam, 1800s– Musqeeam, 1900s– Maskwiam, 1900s– Musqueam, 1900s– Musqueom.
Origin: A borrowing from Halkomelem. Etymon: Halkomelem xwmə́θkwəy'əm.
Etymology: < Halkomelem xwmə́θkwəy'əm, literally ‘place of the mə́θkwəy' (a plant (not identified))’.
Chiefly Canadian.
A. n.
1. A member of a North American Indian people of southern coastal British Columbia, Canada.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of British Columbia, Alberta, and Alaska > [noun]
Slave1789
beaver1801
Carrier1801
Musqueam1808
Nootkian1811
Okanagan1814
Takulli1820
Dogrib1823
Nanaimo1827
Loucheux1828
Bella Coola1834
Nootkan1835
Chilkat1836
Nootka1846
Squamish1846
Siwash1847
Kwakiutl1848
Nitinaht1848
Sitkan1848
Sitka1853
Makah1855
Stick Indian1857
Songhees1860
Stoney1861
Mattole1864
Tlingit1865
Nisga'a1874
Hoochinoo1878
Nimpkish1885
Tsimshian1888
Gitksan1889
Nuxalk1910
Snohomish1910
Nuu-chah-nulth1983
Ditidaht1988
'Namgis1994
1808 S. Fraser Jrnl. 3 July (1960) 109 We had the good fortune to escape the cruelty of the Masquiamme—meaning the nations of the sea shore.
1881 Ann. Rep. Dept. Indian Affairs for 1880 (Canada) 316 Province of British Columbia... Cowichan Nation... Mainland Bands..Misqueam.
1955 H. G. Barnett Coast Salish Brit. Columbia 4 The Cowichan and Nanaimo speak another dialect differing only slightly from that of the Ma̱skwia̱m and their relatives on the Fraser River as far up as Yale.
1992 Independent 26 Oct. 12/5 In the Kahnawake Mohawk reservation in Quebec, the response is growling indifference. Among the Musqueam in Vancouver, it is fervent enthusiasm.
2. The dialect of Halkomelem (a Salishan language) spoken by the Musqueam.
ΚΠ
1965 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 10 158 The Halkomelem language, of which Musqueam is a dialect.
1977 C. F. Voegelin & F. M. Voegelin Classif. & Index World's Langs. 301 Halkomelem... D[ialect]s... Musqueam, Sumas, Tait. 100-1,00 [speakers]. British Columbia.
1996 B. F. Grimes Ethnologue (ed. 13) 44 Halkomelem. Dialects: Chiliwack, Cowichan, Musqueam, Nanaimo.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or designating the Musqueam.
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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of British Columbia, Alberta, and Alaska > [adjective]
Dogrib1766
Nootka1784
Nootkan1790
Dog-ribbed1791
beaver1801
Okanagan1814
Carrier1820
Sitka1822
Nanaimo1827
Loucheux1828
Nass1830
Tsimshian1836
Sitkan1851
Makah1855
Snohomish1856
Wakash1856
Songhees1860
Stoney1861
Nisga'a1874
Tlingit1881
Nimpkish1886
Wakashan1892
Musqueam1902
Gitksan1917
Squamish1928
'Namgis1966
Nuu-chah-nulth1978
Nuxalk1981
1902 Ann. Rept. Dept. Indian Affairs (Canada) i. 230 Musqueam Band..is situated on the north arm of the Fraser river and about one mile from its mouth... These Indians are industrious and law-abiding and are improving from year to year.
1955 H. G. Barnett Coast Salish Brit. Columbia 33 Their [sc. the Squamish's] social structure..has particular features which match with Sanetch and Mαskwiαm features.
1992 Anthropol. Today 8 9/1 The Musqueam weavers..approached the museum to study its collections.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1808
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