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Chinookan

[ shi-nook-uhn, -noo-kuhn, chi- ]

noun

  1. a language family comprising only Lower Chinook and Upper Chinook.


adjective

  1. of or relating to the Chinooks or to Chinookan.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Chinookan1

First recorded in 1885–90; Chinook + -an
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Example Sentences

Tribal chairman Tony Johnson instructed everyone to raise their paddles - the crescent-shaped ends marking them as distinctly Chinookan - and plunge them into the water.

The Chinookan linguistic family includes a number of separate tribes.

Its name, Kthlmin, means “moon” in the Chinookan language - a plea for favorable tides, Johnson said, on its frequent journeys in the open ocean.

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