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- [nah, nuh deen]
- /nɑ, nə din/
- /na diːn/
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- [nah, nuh deen]
- /nɑ, nə din/
Definitions of na-dene word
- noun na-dene a group of North American Indian languages, comprising the Athabaskan family, Eyak, Tlingit, and Haida, hypothetically considered to be descendants of a single protolanguage: the genetic relationship of either Tlingit or Haida to Athabaskan and Eyak is now disputed. 1
- noun na-dene the hypothesized protolanguage itself. 1
- adjective na-dene of, belonging to, or pertaining to Na-Dene. 1
- noun na-dene a phylum of North American Indian languages including Athapascan, Tlingit, and Haida 0
- noun na-dene a proposed grouping of North American Indian language families, including the Athabaskan languages, Tlingit, and Haida 0
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Origin of na-dene
First appearance:
before 1915 One of the 14% newest English words
1915; name coined by Edward Sapir from assumed reflexes of a single Na-Dene root: Haida na to live, house, Tlingit na people, Athabaskan *-ne in dene, representing a word in Athabaskan languages for “person, people,” e.g., Navajo diné
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Parts of speech for Na-dene
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
na-dene popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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