Haida
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English
Etymology
From Southern Haida X̲aayda /ħaːjd̥a/; compare Northern Haida xaad /ħaːd̥/.
Pronunciation
Noun
Haida (plural Haidas or Haida)
- A member of an indigenous people of the Northwest Coast of North America who live primarily in British Columbia and Alaska.
- 2003, Sharon Busby, Spruce Root Basketry of the Haida and Tlingit, Lucia Marquand Books, →ISBN, page 109:
- The first recorded European contact with the Haida was by the Spanish explorer Juan Perez in 1774 at Langara Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands. Soon the Haida were caught up in the lucrative fur trade, and the time they spent hunting sea otters and other marine mammals greatly increased.
Translations
indigenous people
Proper noun
Haida
- The indigenous language of this people.
- 1911, John R. Swanton, “Haida”, in Franz Boas, editor, Handbook of American Indian Languages, Washington, page 209:
- The Haida language, called Skittagetan by Powell, was anciently spoken only on the Queen Charlotte islands off the coast of British Columbia.
Translations
indigenous language
See also
- Wiktionary's coverage of Haida terms
- Appendix:Haida Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Haida
- ISO 639-3 code hai (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Haida, hai
