Athabaskan

[ ath-uh-bas-kuhn ]

/ ˌæθ əˈbæs kən /

noun

a family of languages spoken by American Indians in most of inland northwest Canada and Alaska, in coastal Oregon and California, and in Arizona and the Rio Grande basin, and including especially Navajo, Apache, and Chipewyan.Compare family (def. 16).

a member of any of various American Indian peoples speaking Athabaskan.

adjective

belonging to or characteristic of the Athabaskans.

Also Ath·a·bas·can; Ath·a·pas·kan, Ath·a·pas·can

[ath-uh-pas-kuhn] /ˌæθ əˈpæs kən/ .

Origin of Athabaskan

First recorded in 1770–80; earlier Athapasca(s), introduced as a term for the Canadian Athabaskans (from Woods Cree ahδapaska·w “Lake Athabaska,” literally, “there are reeds here and there,” from Proto-Algonquian aʔlap(y)- “net, reticulated” + -ašk- “plant” + derivational elements) + -an

Words nearby Athabaskan

at full tilt, Atget, at gunpoint, Athabasca, Athabaska, Athabaskan, at half-mast, Athaliah, Athamas, athame, athanasia

Example sentences from the Web for Athabaskan

Author of a number of primers in the Athabaskan and Algonquian languages, as well as in Eskimo.
The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History|Various
The Athabaskan is the first class in our list; and, if we look only at the area which its population occupies, it is a great one.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies|Robert Gordon Latham
Indeed, as has been already stated, the Eskimo and Athabaskan stretch across the Continent.
Opuscula|Robert Gordon Latham
Now as these last are Athabaskan, there must have been displacement.
Opuscula|Robert Gordon Latham

Eskimo characteristics appear in the Athabaskan, Athabaskan in the Koluch forms of speech.
Opuscula|Robert Gordon Latham

单词	athabaskan
释义	Athabaskan [ ath-uh-bas-kuhn ] / ˌæθ əˈbæs kən / noun a family of languages spoken by American Indians in most of inland northwest Canada and Alaska, in coastal Oregon and California, and in Arizona and the Rio Grande basin, and including especially Navajo, Apache, and Chipewyan.Compare family (def. 16). a member of any of various American Indian peoples speaking Athabaskan. adjective belonging to or characteristic of the Athabaskans. Also Ath·a·bas·can; Ath·a·pas·kan, Ath·a·pas·can [ath-uh-pas-kuhn] /ˌæθ əˈpæs kən/ . Origin of Athabaskan First recorded in 1770–80; earlier Athapasca(s), introduced as a term for the Canadian Athabaskans (from Woods Cree ahδapaska·w “Lake Athabaska,” literally, “there are reeds here and there,” from Proto-Algonquian aʔlap(y)- “net, reticulated” + -ašk- “plant” + derivational elements) + -an Words nearby Athabaskan at full tilt, Atget, at gunpoint, Athabasca, Athabaska, Athabaskan, at half-mast, Athaliah, Athamas, athame, athanasia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Athabaskan Author of a number of primers in the Athabaskan and Algonquian languages, as well as in Eskimo. The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History\|Various The Athabaskan is the first class in our list; and, if we look only at the area which its population occupies, it is a great one. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies\|Robert Gordon Latham Indeed, as has been already stated, the Eskimo and Athabaskan stretch across the Continent. Opuscula\|Robert Gordon Latham Now as these last are Athabaskan, there must have been displacement. Opuscula\|Robert Gordon Latham Eskimo characteristics appear in the Athabaskan, Athabaskan in the Koluch forms of speech. Opuscula\|Robert Gordon Latham
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