Shoshone en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ʃoʊˈʃoʊni/
Meanings
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A member of an Amerindian ethnic group of North America, especially of Wyoming and Idaho.
If I'd kept a woman, he realized, instead of sending 'em back to their fathers' lodges - the Shoshone girl, them two Hunkpapas, the Crow I called Sally, even that Ree that come near talking me to death - if I'd kept one of 'em for more than just a winter, I'd have boys of my own by now to bring in meat.
1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, War Shirt; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 110:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoshone | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| Shoshones | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| Shoshoni | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (22)
ta சோஷோன் (Amerind people) · it shoshoni (Amerind people) · oma Wés'a níkʰashíⁿga (Amerind people) · sh šošoni (Amerind people) · de Shoshone (Amerind people) · nds shoshone (Amerind people) · pt shoshone (Amerind people) · fr Shoshones (Amerind people) · es shoshón (Amerind people) · pl Szoszoni (Amerind people) · nl Shoshone (Amerind people) · shh sosoni' (Amerind people) · shh newe (Amerind people) · pl Szoszon (member of ethnic group) · ca xoixon (Amerind people) · ru шошо́ны (Amerind people) · cs Šošon (member of ethnic group) · pl Szoszonka (member of ethnic group) · pt shoshoni (Amerind people) · no shoshone (Amerind people) · fi shoshonit (Amerind people) · sv shoshoner (Amerind people)