Sahaptin
Americannoun
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a member of any of several American Indian peoples of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
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Also called Ichishkíin Sínwit. a language used by several American Indian tribes of the Columbia River basin, including the Yakama.
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a branch of the Penutian language family consisting of Ichishkíin Sínwit and Nez Perce.
adjective
noun
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a member of a North American Indian people of Oregon and Washington, including the Nez Percé
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the language of this people
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Etymology
Origin of Sahaptin
First recorded in 1830–40; from Southern Interior Salish sʕaptnx “Nez Perce, Sahaptin”
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An author and a World War II veteran, Beavert dedicated her life to the revitalization and preservation of the Yakama language, called Ichishkíin, also referred to as Sahaptin.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
Beavert was the co-author with Sharon Hargus, a linguistics professor at the University of Washington, of the Ichishkíin Sínwit Yakama/Yakima Sahaptin Dictionary, which is the first modern published dictionary of any Sahaptin dialect.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
Father Pandosy gives PILPILP, as signifying red, in the Nez Percé or Sahaptin, also.
From Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by Gibbs, George
In the Nahuatl, Sahaptin, and Selish families it is most prominent.
From First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879-1880, Government Printing Office 1881 by Various
Deffenbaugh, of Lapwai, Idaho, giving signs obtained at Kamiah, Idaho, chiefly from Felix, chief of the Nez Percés, and used by the Sahaptin or Nez Percés.
Deffenbaugh describes what may perhaps be regarded as an intensive sign among the Sahaptins in connection with the sign for good; i.e., very good.
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