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单词 Chipewyan
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Definition of Chipewyan in English:

Chipewyan

nounPlural ChipewyansˌtʃɪpəˈwʌɪənˌCHipəˈwīən
  • 1A member of a Dene people of north-western Canada.

    Compare with Chippewa
    Example sentencesExamples
    • When Thanadelthur and Stewart returned in 1716 to York from their mission of peace with the Chipewyans, they had survived a harrowing trip.
    • Knight decided the Chipewyans would come to Hudson's Bay trading posts only if the Cree and Chipewyan were at peace.
    • It lies within the traditional hunting area of the Dogrib Tribe who re-occupied the land following the decline of the Yellowknife Chipewyans in the 1820's.
    • Social division among the Chipewyans was by local family groups, which included both nuclear and extended family.
    • It became harder for the Canadiens to exert influence over the Cree and Chipewyans by trade goods alone.
    • I have yet to encounter a Chipewyan with any interest in the question’.
    • Instead, small bands of Chipewyans set themselves up as middlemen or traders themselves, and acted as the means of exchanging European products for Chipewyan furs.
    • So when the guide decided to winter with the Chipewyans, Hearne had little choice but to agree.
    • However, between 1715 and 1769 the Chipewyans in their territory were on the edge of history only.
    • Such distinctions are important elements in the present intense rivalry between the Chipewyans and the Dog Ribs over land claims and agreements on diamond mining.
    • To add to the confusion, the Chipewyans claim that they are the original people from whom the Beaver sprang.
  • 2mass noun The Athabaskan language of the Chipewyan, with about 8,000 speakers.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Only a handful of people still speak Chipewyan fluently, he says, and those under 45 have only a sketchy knowledge of the language at best.
    • It was followed by Dene (Chipewyan), Inuktitut, Slavey, Dogrib and Ojibway translations.
    • One goal of the project, called Daghida, a Chipewyan word meaning ‘we are alive,’ will be to help start an immersion program for Cold Lake children.
    • Chipewyan is spoken by around 4000 native people in Northern Canada today.
adjectiveˌtʃɪpəˈwʌɪənˌCHipəˈwīən
  • Relating to the Chipewyan or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Treeline is one of the few facilities that replaces the motors on its boats every year, and its registered Chipewyan and Cree guides are among the country's best.
    • In 1715 an expedition under William Stewart of the HBC was made into Chipewyan territory.
    • Though many Chipewyan people are bilingual in Chippewa or Cree, it is actually not related to those languages at all.

Origin

From Cree, literally '(wearing) pointed-skin (garments)'.

 
 

Definition of Chipewyan in US English:

Chipewyan

nounˌCHipəˈwīən
  • 1A member of a Dene people of northwestern Canada.

    Do not confuse with Chippewa
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Instead, small bands of Chipewyans set themselves up as middlemen or traders themselves, and acted as the means of exchanging European products for Chipewyan furs.
    • Such distinctions are important elements in the present intense rivalry between the Chipewyans and the Dog Ribs over land claims and agreements on diamond mining.
    • However, between 1715 and 1769 the Chipewyans in their territory were on the edge of history only.
    • It became harder for the Canadiens to exert influence over the Cree and Chipewyans by trade goods alone.
    • To add to the confusion, the Chipewyans claim that they are the original people from whom the Beaver sprang.
    • It lies within the traditional hunting area of the Dogrib Tribe who re-occupied the land following the decline of the Yellowknife Chipewyans in the 1820's.
    • Knight decided the Chipewyans would come to Hudson's Bay trading posts only if the Cree and Chipewyan were at peace.
    • When Thanadelthur and Stewart returned in 1716 to York from their mission of peace with the Chipewyans, they had survived a harrowing trip.
    • Social division among the Chipewyans was by local family groups, which included both nuclear and extended family.
    • I have yet to encounter a Chipewyan with any interest in the question’.
    • So when the guide decided to winter with the Chipewyans, Hearne had little choice but to agree.
  • 2The Athabaskan language of the Chipewyan.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was followed by Dene (Chipewyan), Inuktitut, Slavey, Dogrib and Ojibway translations.
    • Chipewyan is spoken by around 4000 native people in Northern Canada today.
    • Only a handful of people still speak Chipewyan fluently, he says, and those under 45 have only a sketchy knowledge of the language at best.
    • One goal of the project, called Daghida, a Chipewyan word meaning ‘we are alive,’ will be to help start an immersion program for Cold Lake children.
adjectiveˌCHipəˈwīən
  • Relating to the Chipewyan or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Treeline is one of the few facilities that replaces the motors on its boats every year, and its registered Chipewyan and Cree guides are among the country's best.
    • Though many Chipewyan people are bilingual in Chippewa or Cree, it is actually not related to those languages at all.
    • In 1715 an expedition under William Stewart of the HBC was made into Chipewyan territory.

Origin

From Cree, literally ‘(wearing) pointed-skin (garments)’.

 
 
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