"Chipewyan" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /t͡ʃɪp.əˈwaɪ.ən/
Etymology: From Plains Cree ᒌᐘᔮᐣ (Cīpwayān, “pointed skin”), from ᒌᐚᐤ (cīpwāw, “to be pointed”) + ᐘᔮᐣ (wayān, “skin, hide”) — a reference to the cut and style of Chipewyan parkas. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|crk|ᒌᐘᔮᐣ||pointed skin|tr=Cīpwayān}} Plains Cree ᒌᐘᔮᐣ (Cīpwayān, “pointed skin”), {{m|crk|ᒌᐚᐤ||to be pointed|tr=cīpwāw}} ᒌᐚᐤ (cīpwāw, “to be pointed”), {{m|crk|ᐘᔮᐣ||skin, hide|tr=wayān}} ᐘᔮᐣ (wayān, “skin, hide”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Chipewyan
  1. The Northern Athabascan language spoken by this tribe. Categories (topical): Languages Synonyms: Dene, Dene Suline, Denesuline, Denésoliné Related terms: Chippewa Translations (language): ᑌᓀᓱᒼᕄᓀ (Chipewyan), Dëne Sųłiné (Chipewyan), chipewyan (Galician), чипевиа́н (čipevián) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Chipewyan-en-name-4h4xmQ1L Disambiguation of Languages: 56 44

Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃɪp.əˈwaɪ.ən/ Forms: Chipewyans [plural], Chipewyan [plural]
Etymology: From Plains Cree ᒌᐘᔮᐣ (Cīpwayān, “pointed skin”), from ᒌᐚᐤ (cīpwāw, “to be pointed”) + ᐘᔮᐣ (wayān, “skin, hide”) — a reference to the cut and style of Chipewyan parkas. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|crk|ᒌᐘᔮᐣ||pointed skin|tr=Cīpwayān}} Plains Cree ᒌᐘᔮᐣ (Cīpwayān, “pointed skin”), {{m|crk|ᒌᐚᐤ||to be pointed|tr=cīpwāw}} ᒌᐚᐤ (cīpwāw, “to be pointed”), {{m|crk|ᐘᔮᐣ||skin, hide|tr=wayān}} ᐘᔮᐣ (wayān, “skin, hide”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Chipewyan}} Chipewyan (plural Chipewyans or Chipewyan)
  1. A member of a Native American tribe of Central Canada, in the regions of Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan.
    Sense id: en-Chipewyan-en-noun-W~9064Uf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 75

Inflected forms

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