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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Amerind en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæməɹənd/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Blend of American + Indian or possibly blend of American + indigenous. First appears c. 1899 in the publication American Anthropologist.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to a hypothetical, largely discredited higher-level language family including all of the indigenous languages of the Americas, excluding those that belong to Eskimo-Aleut or Na-Dene.

Relateds

American Indian · Amerindian · Indian

wikipedia: American Anthropologist

Amerind en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæməɹənd/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Blend of American + Indian or possibly blend of American + indigenous. First appears c. 1899 in the publication American Anthropologist.

Meanings

  1. An American Indian.
    • The cultural hiatus associated with the Pine Pollen Zone suggests that Amerinds may have avoided the area.

Forms

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Translations (1)

mi Kiriwhero (an American Indian)

wikipedia: American Anthropologist