Definition of Atsugewi

1. Noun. A member of a North American Indian people of northern California.

Generic synonyms: Hoka, Hokan

2. Noun. The Shastan language spoken by the Atsugewi.
Generic synonyms: Shastan

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atsugewi

Atrichornis
Atrichornithidae
Atriplex
Atriplex hortensis
Atriplex hymenelytra
Atriplex lentiformis
Atriplex mexicana
Atromid-S
Atropa
Atropa belladonna
Atropatene
Atropidae
Atropos
Atrovent
Atsera
Atsugewi (current term)
Attacapa
Attacapan
Attalea
Attalea funifera
Attashin
Atterton
Attic
Attic faith
Attic salt
Attica
Attical
Atticism
Atticisms
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Literary usage of Atsugewi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Supplement to A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the American Indian in by Daythal Kendall, John F. Freeman (1982)
"Atsugewi [4012(21)] Includes: English sentences; Atsugewi equivalents; literal English translations; some grammatical notes; references to the Atsugewi ..."

2. Proceedings by International Congress of Americanists (1907)
"Attention being next turned toward the Shasta, and comparisons instituted between its vocabulary and those of the Achomawi and Atsugewi, much the same ..."

3. Kato Texts by Pliny Earle Goddard (1910)
"As has been pointed out,14 the Achomawi and Atsugewi are lexically widely ... forms in Achomawi or Atsugewi where their stems differ wholly from Shasta. ..."

4. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 3/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"Linguistically the group falls into two rather sharply contrasted and numerically unequal divisions, tile Achomawi and the Atsugewi. Time tribal and minor ..."

5. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 1/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"The languages of the Achomawi and the Atsugewi, while unquestionably related, are strikingly unlike. The term Achomawi was also employed by Powers to denote ..."

6. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1922)
"Dixon, ' Notes on the Achomawi and Atsugewi Indians of Northern California,' in American Anthropologist, NS x. 217. Sapir, ' Notes on the Takelma Indians of ..."

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