单词 | Quapaw |
释义 | Quapaw/ˈkwɔːpɔː![]() noun (plural same or Quapaws) 1A member of an American Indian people of the Arkansas River region, now living mainly in NE Oklahoma.It was a place where the Quapaw and choctaws paddled dugout canoes, ivory-billed woodpeckers shredded bark from ancient trees, and mallard ducks rained down ahead of the first autumn blue norther....
2 [mass noun] The extinct Siouan language of the Quapaw.However, I knew him all of my life and he could not speak Quapaw at all except for a few words....
adjective Relating to the Quapaw or their language.On the central Plains are found the Omaha, Osage, Ponca, Kansa, and Quapaw languages; in Wisconsin one finds the Winnebago language; on the Gulf Coast are the Tutelo, Ofo, and Biloxi languages; and in the Southeast one finds Catawba....
OriginFrom Quapaw okáxpa, originally the name of a village. |
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