Squamishn.adj.
/ˈskwɔːmɪʃ/ A. n.
a. A (member of a) North American Indian people of the Coast Salish group of south-western British Columbia.
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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
1846 R. B. Sage Scenes Rocky Mts. 221 The Indians principally consist of the following tribes: the Snakes,..Squamishes, [etc.].
1884 Ann. Rep. Canad. Dept. Indian Affairs 1883 189 (table) Fraser River Agency..Squamish..Hon Sound..367.
1907 T. Crosby Among An-ko-me-nums i. 10 The An-ko-me-nums..inhabit the valley of the Fraser River..and include the..Songees, Skwamish, Sumats.
1955 H. G. Barnett Coast Salish of Brit. Columbia 3 Aboriginally the Squamish made their homes on the river named after them at the head of Howe Sound.
1957 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 888/1 The principal [Salishan] groups or tribes are:..2, Coast Salish,..Nanaimo, Squawmish, Lummi, [etc.].
b. The language of this people.
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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
1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Squawmish.
1969 P. Sedlak in Working Papers on Language Universals i. 24 Squamish..must be analyzed differently since the phonetic specification is not that indicated for the cases just discussed.
1969 P. Sedlak in Working Papers on Language Universals i. 26 Mandarin Chinese involves two more features than those necessary to describe Squamish.
1977 H. Landar in T. A. Sebeok Native Lang. Americas II. iii. 356 Squamish. South Georgia Salish; 100 to 200 in British Columbia (1962).
B. adj.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of this people 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
1928 J. Mooney Aboriginal Population Amer. North of Mexico 29 Squawmish tribes.
1967 A. H. Kuipers (title) The Squamish language.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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