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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : shi-noo k, -nook, chi- |
Phonetic Transcription : ʃɪˈnʊk, -ˈnuk, tʃɪ- |
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Définition of chinook
Origin :- name for a group of related native people in the Columbia River region of Washington and Oregon, from Salishan /činuk/, name of a village site. Name also extended to a type of salmon (1851) and warm spring wind. Chinook jargon was a mishmash of native (Chinook and Nootka), French, and English words; it once was lingua franca in the Pacific Northwest, and it is the earliest attested use of the word (1840).
- As in wind : noun air currents
- As in gale : noun violent storm
- Chinook is a combination of English, French and Indian words.
- Extract from : « Indian Legends of Vancouver Island » by Alfred Carmichael
- Need I add that tum-tum in the Chinook jargon signifies the soul!
- Extract from : « Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska » by Charles Warren Stoddard
- His Chinook jargon was published by the Smithsonian Institution.
- Extract from : « Albert Gallatin » by John Austin Stevens
- The girl said something to the officer in the Chinook language.
- Extract from : « Northern Lights » by Gilbert Parker
- Was she to become another of those that the first chinook uncovered?
- Extract from : « The Fighting Shepherdess » by Caroline Lockhart
- One of the lads could talk a little Chinook mixed with English.
- Extract from : « The Trail of the Goldseekers » by Hamlin Garland
- When I asked in Chinook, "How far is it to feed for our horses?"
- Extract from : « The Trail of the Goldseekers » by Hamlin Garland
- A large sea-canoe, manned by Chinook paddlers, was floating at the beach.
- Extract from : « The Bridge of the Gods » by Frederic Homer Balch
- Breed visited Peg's home ridge during the height of the chinook.
- Extract from : « The Yellow Horde » by Hal G. Evarts
- The last was the name of his own ranch, and in the Chinook jargon signified an eagle.
- Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm
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