SAHAPTIN


Meaning of SAHAPTIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sə-ˈhap-tən ]

noun

Etymology: Salish (Columbia River dialects) sḥáptnəχ w Nez Percé

Date: 1836

: a language spoken in a number of dialects by American Indian peoples (as the Yakama) of the interior of northern Oregon and southern Washington ; also : a member of a Sahaptin-speaking people

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