单词 | na-dene |
释义 | Na-Deneor Na·de·ne[ nah-dey-nee, nah-dey-ney ] / nɑˈdeɪ ni, ˌnɑ deɪˈneɪ / nouna group of North American Indian languages, comprising the Athabaskan family, Eyak, Tlingit, and Haida, hypothetically considered to be descendants of a single protolanguage: the genetic relationship of either Tlingit or Haida to Athabaskan and Eyak is now disputed. the hypothesized protolanguage itself. adjectiveof, belonging to, or pertaining to Na-Dene. Origin of Na-Dene1915; name coined by Edward Sapir from assumed reflexes of a single Na-Dene root: Haida na to live, house, Tlingit na people, Athabaskan *-ne in dene, representing a word in Athabaskan languages for “person, people,” e.g., Navajo diné Words nearby Na-DeneNACRO, nad, nada, Nadab, Nadar, Na-Dene, Nader, Nader, Ralph, NADH, Nadine, nadir Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Na-DeneNa-Dene Na-Dn/ (nɑːˈdeɪnɪ, nəˈdiːn) / nouna phylum of North American Indian languages including Athapascan, Tlingit, and Haida Word Origin for Na-Denefrom Haida na to dwell + Athapascan dene people; coined by Edward Sapir (1884–1939), American anthropologist Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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