单词 | tlingit |
释义 | Tlingitn.adj. A. n. 1. (A member of) an Indian people of the coasts and islands of south-eastern Alaska. 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 1865 M. Macfie Vancouver & Brit. Columbia xvi. 452 The ‘Clingats’, which name is applied to all the northern tribes, relate the following tradition. 1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 187/2 This [sc. exogamy] is illustrated in the case of the Thlinkeets, or Kolosches, who inhabit the coasts and islands from Mt. St Elias to the River Nass. 1901 G. W. James Indian Basketry 50 In Alaska the chief basket-makers are the Thlinkets and Haidas. 1908 26th Ann. Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1904–5 407 The Tlingit..trace the origin of nearly all their clans..to the neighborhood of the mouth of the Skeena river. 1951 R. Firth Elements Social Organization iv. 145 The potlach of the Haida, Tlinkit and other Indians of the American North-West coast. 1978 Amer. Poetry Rev. Sept. 18/4 The Tlingit of Alaska prescribe the wearing of broad-brimmed hats. 2. The language spoken by this people. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > North American > [noun] > Na-Dene > Tlingit Sitka1830 Sitkan1848 Tlingit1908 1908 26th Ann. Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1904–5 472 In Tlingit..p and b do not occur in words of native origin. 1921 E. Sapir Lang. iv. 84 A good example of such a pitch language is Tlingit, spoken by the Indians of the southern coast of Alaska. 1965 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 10 97 To this Athapaskan-Eyak unit, Tlingit seems related definitely but remotely. 1970 Language 46 401 Similar problems are presented by the so-called ‘third modals’ of Tlingit. B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating these Indians. 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 1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 826/2 The Thlinkeet language seems to be completely isolated, showing nothing beyond the faintest verbal resemblance to the Aleut. 1908 26th Ann. Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1904–5 463 Each Tlingit shaman was guarded by a number of helpers and possessed a number of masks. 1908 26th Ann. Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1904–5 472 The Tlingit language tends to shorten its vowels. 1932 D. Jenness Indians of Canada xxi. 331 Feasts and ceremonies occurred constantly in all the Tlinkit villages. 1963 Times 29 Apr. 5/5 A Thlinget Indian from Alaska. 1966 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 22 Oct. 27/1 These works by Tlingit, Tsimpshian, and Itaida Indians include..dance sticks, magnificently woven Chilkat blankets, baskets, [etc.]. 1976 Times 25 Sept. 12/8 The Tlingit screen..was used as a partition in the house of Chief Shakes of the Tlingit tribe in Wrangell, Akaska. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1865 |
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