Salish

[ sey-lish ]

noun

1. a member of any of various North American Indian peoples speaking a Salishan language.
2. Also called Mon·tan·a Sa·lish [mon-, tan, -, uh, , sey, -lish],. an Interior Salish language of Montana and Washington spoken by the Flathead, Spokane, and Kalispel peoples.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Salishan languages or their speakers.

Salish

/ ˈseɪlɪʃən; ˈseɪlɪʃ; ˈsæl- /

noun

1. a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the northwestern US and W Canada
2. the Salish
   the Salish functioning as plural the peoples collectively who speak these languages, divided in Canada into the Coast Salish and the Interior Salish

Word History and Origins

Origin of Salish¹

First recorded in 1840–50; from Southern Interior Salish séʔliš literally, Flathead ¹( def ), a self-designation

Example Sentences

Among the Interior Salish they were commonly made of wood, which was afterwards covered with hide.

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These houses are sometimes 40 by 100 feet in the Nootka and Salish regions, and are occupied by a number of families.

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Further south are the Salish tribes, who have evolved something like the modern family, reckoning on both sides of the house.

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On the northeast Salish territory extended to about the fifty-third parallel.

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He further states that floral designs are found among the Salish tribes but to a much less extent.

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