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Dogrib
/ ˈdɒɡˌrɪb /
noun
- a member of a Dene Native Canadian people of northern Canada
- the Athapascan language of this people
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Dogrib1
from Dogrib Thlingchadinne, dog's flank, referring to the people's belief that they are descended from a dog
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Example Sentences
That evening Nootka begged her brother to give her a lesson in the Dogrib language.
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Now at that moment three young Dogrib braves chanced to be passing under the window, which was about seven feet from the ground.
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We need hardly say, after this, that those Dogrib Indians spent an excited and agreeable evening with the fur-traders.
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Doocheek was present and heard the question, but of course did not understand it, as it was put in the Dogrib tongue.
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Moreover, they were not what he expected to hear from the lips of a Dogrib.
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