Dogrib

/ ˈdɒɡˌrɪb /

noun

1. a member of a Dene Native Canadian people of northern Canada
2. the Athapascan language of this people

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

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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