Chinook
See also: chinook
English edit
Etymology edit
From Lower Chehalis c̓inúk (the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia river).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Chinook
- A Native American language of the Penutian family of Oregon and Washington.
- Chinook Jargon, a pidgin trade language of the Pacific Northwest composed primarily of words from Chinook proper, English, and French, with some borrowings from other languages.
- 1941, Emily Carr, chapter 1, in Klee Wyck[1]:
- The Missionary's address rolled on in choppy Chinook, undertoned by a gentle voice from the back of the room which told Tanook in pure Indian words what he was to do.
- A city, the county seat of Blaine County, Montana, United States.
Noun edit
Chinook (plural Chinooks or Chinook)
- A member of a Native American people whose traditional tribal grounds were along the lower and middle Columbia River.
- The Chinook sent a hunting party to the south.
- Alternative letter-case form of chinook
Further reading edit
- Ethnologue entry for Chinook, chh