Definitions for Sahaptin

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Sahaptin Sa·hap·tin

Spelling: [sah-hap-tuh n]

IPA: /sɑˈhæp tən/

Sahaptin is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 323 anagrams from letters in Sahaptin (aahinpst).

Definitions for Sahaptin

noun

1. a member of an American Indian people of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
2. a language used by several American Indian tribes, including the Nez Percés, of the Columbia River basin.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Sahaptins or to their languages.

Origin of Sahaptin

From the Southern Interior Salish word sʕaptnx Nez Percé, Sahaptin

Examples for Sahaptin

Of all these tribes, the Nez Perces or Sahaptin were the most numerous and progressive.

In the Nahuatl, Sahaptin, and Selish families it is most prominent.

Neither are there wanting affinities to the Sahaptin and Cays languages, allied to each other.

Fig. 256 represents a Sahaptin sign given to the writer by a gentleman long familiar with the northwestern tribes of Indians.

Again, the Shoshoni and Sahaptin have several words in common, and those out of short vocabularies.

The following grammatical notes will serve to illustrate the Yakima and some of the other languages of the Sahaptin family.

The Sahaptin family seem to have been in general of the best grade of Indians.