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Yana
[ yah-nuh ]
noun
, plural Ya·nas, (especially collectively) Ya·na
- a member of a North American Indian people who once resided in the eastern portion of the upper Sacramento River valley in California.
- the now extinct Hokan language of the Yana, best known for a systematic differentiation between men's and women's speech.
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Wandering still further afield, we may glance at the Yana method of expression.
From Project Gutenberg
Yana, an Indian language of California, can freely compound noun with noun and verb with noun, but not verb with verb.
From Project Gutenberg
In Yana the third person of the verb makes no formal distinction between singular and plural.
From Project Gutenberg
The yana chinca holds a prominent place in the religious ceremonies of some of the Indian races.
From Project Gutenberg
The small black yana-çiçi, on the contrary, inflicts most painful punctures.
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