Snohomishadj.n.
/snəʊˈhəʊmɪʃ/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to the Snohomish or their language.
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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
the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective] > of Mosan languages > Salish > of specific Salish languages
Spokane1838
Tillamook1844
Snohomish1856
Twana1886
Shuswap1904
Squamish1928
Lushootseed1977
1856 N. D. Hill Let. 30 Sept. in Executive Documents U.S. House of Representatives (34th Congress, 3rd Sess.) (1857) V. No. 37. xxxvii. 77 I received a letter from you appointing me the local agent for the Snohomish, the Snoqualmi, and the Skiquamish tribes of Indians.
1874 Field & Stream 20 Aug. 18/3 This assertion was verified afterwards by a Snohomish Indian.
B. n.
(A member of) a Salish Indian people of western Washington; also, their language.
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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
the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > northern Amerindian > Mosan > Salish > Salish languages
Okanagan1827
Spokane1875
Nisqually1877
Twana1886
Songhees1911
Shuswap1927
Tillamook1927
Squamish1934
Snohomish1940
Lushootseed1976
Skokomish1977
1910 F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians II. 606/2 Snohomish. A Salish tribe formerly on the s. end of Whidbey id., Puget sd., and on the mainland opposite at the mouth of Snohomish r., Wash. Pop. 350 in 1850. The remnant is now on Tulalip res., Wash., mixed with other broken tribes.
1940 M. W. Smith Puyallup-Nisqually 17 In the Puyallup–Nisqually dialect the word means butte or rump but informants thought it might mean something else in the dialects of either the Twana or Snohomish.
1966 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 32 350/2 Snowhomish..was spoken in the region around Port Gardner Bay..and along the Snowhomish River.
1977 C. F. Voegelin & F. M. Voegelin Classif. & Index World's Langs. 301 Puget Sound Salish = Puget = Toughnowawmish. D[ialect]s Northern Puget Sound (Skagit, Snohomish), Southern Puget Sound (Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Nisqualli, Puyallup, Snoqualmie, Suquamish). 10–20. Washington.
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