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单词 na-dene
释义

Na-Dene

or Na·de·ne

[ nah-dey-nee, nah-dey-ney ]
/ nɑˈdeɪ ni, ˌnɑ deɪˈneɪ /

noun

a 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.

adjective

of, belonging to, or pertaining to Na-Dene.

Origin of Na-Dene

1915; 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-Dene

NACRO, nad, nada, Nadab, Nadar, Na-Dene, Nader, Nader, Ralph, NADH, Nadine, nadir
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British Dictionary definitions for Na-Dene

Na-Dene

Na-Dn

/ (nɑːˈdeɪnɪ, nəˈdiːn) /

noun

a phylum of North American Indian languages including Athapascan, Tlingit, and Haida

Word Origin for Na-Dene

from Haida na to dwell + Athapascan dene people; coined by Edward Sapir (1884–1939), American anthropologist
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