单词 | nuxalk |
释义 | Nuxalkn.adj. A. n. 1. A member of a North American Indian people of the central British Columbia coast, Canada; = Bella Coola n. 1.In early use the component groups of this people were called Bella Coola, and Nuxalk (Nuhalk) was restricted to one of these, the Bella Coola proper: cf. quot. 1910 and notes s.v. Bella Coola n. Nuhalk is increasingly preferred to Bella Coola as the designation for the people as a whole. 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 1910 F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians II. 96 Nuhalk..a Bellacoola division..at the mouth of Bellacoola r., Brit. Col. 1981 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 16 Dec. 8/2 The Nuxalk talk vaguely of establishing a government of elders and an elected council. 1982 R. Sheppard & M. Valpy National Deal viii. 164 The Nuxalk, a small band living on British Columbia's north coast, takes back the ceremonial blessing bestowed on prime minister Trudeau eleven years before. 1995 Georgia Straight 12 Oct. 19 (advt.) Be on the watch for the land that our people of the past lived at. These places were named by the Creator. Our people have never forgotten these names, and that proves this land still belongs to the Nuxalkmc. 1999 J. Miller Lushootseed Culture & Shamanic Odyssey iii. 71 Since a Nuxalk belonged to all the ancestral families of both of his parents, he or she represented these memberships with tattoos. 2. The Salishan language of the Nuxalk; = Bella Coola n. 2. rare. ΚΠ 1997 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 63 385 Researchers working on Nuxalk (Bella Coola) have suggested accounts of its syllable structure. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the Nuxalk or their language. ΘΚΠ 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 1981 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 12 Nov. 15/1 The blessing was the greatest honor the Nuxalk people could show to anyone. 1984 (title) The Nuxalk food and nutrition handbook: a practical guide to family foods and nutrition using native foods. 1993 Canad. Living June 135/2 (caption) The Nuxalk language is making a comeback in Bella Coola. 1998 M. Kelm Colonizing Bodies ii. 26 Oolichan grease is still rendered today, though only about half of the contemporary Nuxalk population continue to use it. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1910 |
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