Ichishkiin sinwit Yakama/Yakima Sahaptin dictionary


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Sahaptin, or Ichishkíin Sínwit (literally, "this language"), is a Plateau Penutian language spoken in south-central Washington and northern Oregon. This dictionary documents the dialect of Sahaptin that is spoken by the Yakama people. Ichishkíin Sínwit Yakama / Yakima Sahaptin Dictionary is the first modern published dictionary of any Sahaptin dialect. The dictionary is divided into three sections: a Sahaptin-English section; an English-Sahaptin section; and a section listing roots used in the formation of Sahaptin words. The Sahaptin-English section contains approximately 3,500 headwords, over 4,500 example sentences, more than 100 images, and over 9,200 sound files available online. Copious cross-references alert readers to related words elsewhere in the Sahaptin-English section. The English-Sahaptin and roots sections serve as indices to the Sahaptin-English section. In the English-Sahaptin section, users can look up the Sahaptin equivalents of English words. In the root section, users can see words from different parts of the dictionary that share the same component of meaning. The dictionary also contains essays by noted Plateau linguist Bruce Rigsby (professor emeritus, University of Queensland) on the histories and current usage of the terms "Sahaptin" and "Yakima / Yakama."

Author(s): Virginia Beavert, Sharon Hargus, Bruce Rigsby
Document: Book · Paperback · CIRC [ 1 ]
Edition: 1st Edition
Published: 2009
Physical Description: lxviii, 492 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm + 1 audio disc (digital, MP3 file ; 4 3/4 in.)
Genre: polyglot dictionaries
Subjects:

18.91 American Indian languages, Dictionaries, Dictionaries (form), Dictionnaires multilingues, Engels, Englisch, English language, English language Dictionaries Yakama, Multilingual dictionaries, Yakama, Yakama language, Yakama language Dictionaries English, Yakima, polyglot dictionaries

Related Places: Yakama Indian Reservation Headquarters

 

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The Cascade District: Encyclopedia Library Book Paperback 1st Edition 2009 Heritage University ; in association with the University of Washington Press, Toppenish, Wash., Seattle, 2009

 

Last updated: 2026-09-11