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Dogrib en · NOUN

Etymology

From dog + rib, a calque of Dogrib Tłı̨chǫ (“dog-flank”), from tłı̨ (“dog”) + echǫǫ̀ (“rib area, flank”), the dog-flank people, from a traditional legend.

Meanings

  1. A member of a people native to the Northwest Territories of Canada.

Forms

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Synonyms

Tłı̨chǫ

Translations (1)

fi koiran kylkiluu (person)

Dogrib en · PROPN

Etymology

From dog + rib, a calque of Dogrib Tłı̨chǫ (“dog-flank”), from tłı̨ (“dog”) + echǫǫ̀ (“rib area, flank”), the dog-flank people, from a traditional legend.

Meanings

  1. The Athabaskan language of this people.

Relateds

Wiktionary’s coverage of Dogrib terms · Dogribbed

Translations (11)

fi koiran kylkiluun kieli (language) · sv dogrib (language) · fr flanc-de-chien (language) · gv Dogrib (language) · pms lenga dogrib (language) · frr Tłı̨chǫ spriak (language) · tr Tlınçonca (language) · fi dogribin kieli (language) · dgr Tłı̨chǫ yatıì (language) · de Dogrib (language) · ru до́гриб (language)