Snohomish
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Anglicization of Lushootseed sduhubš, the autonym of the Snohomish people, a proper noun derived from Lushootseed stubš (“man”). The exact meaning of the indigenous autonym is debated even among the Snohomish today, but the usual interpretation is that of "man" in the plural, i.e. "men" or "many men".[1][2][3]
Noun[edit]
Snohomish (plural Snohomish or Snohomishes)
- A member of an indigenous Coast Salish people of North America native to the Puget Sound area of Washington, United States.
- 1930 September, Hermann Haeberlin, Erna Gunther, “The Indians of Puget Sound”, in University of Washington Publications in Anthropology[4], volume 4, number 1, Seattle: University of Washington Press, published 1942, archived from the original on 2020-07-11, page 14:
- It was said that the Snuqualmi and Snohomish had no war dance (sqwā'tsᴇb). Yet at the time of the big potlatch in the autumn the Snohomish performed their war dance and each of the tribes that had been invited did the same. In their war dance the Snohomish sang:"I belong to the Snohomish tribe, I have no friends. I am a Snohomish." That means "I have killed all the people around here."When a warrior killed an enemy he was not allowed to touch food with his fingers for ten days. He used a stick for eating. He also scratched his cheeks with a sharp stone to make them bleed; otherwise he would have a short life.
Proper noun[edit]
Snohomish
- An indigenous Coast Salish people of North America native to the Puget Sound area of Washington, United States.
- 1930 September, Hermann Haeberlin, Erna Gunther, “The Indians of Puget Sound”, in University of Washington Publications in Anthropology[5], volume 4, number 1, Seattle: University of Washington Press, published 1942, archived from the original on 2020-07-11, page 14:
- It was said that the Snuqualmi and Snohomish had no war dance (sqwā'tsᴇb). Yet at the time of the big potlatch in the autumn the Snohomish performed their war dance and each of the tribes that had been invited did the same. In their war dance the Snohomish sang:"I belong to the Snohomish tribe, I have no friends. I am a Snohomish." That means "I have killed all the people around here."When a warrior killed an enemy he was not allowed to touch food with his fingers for ten days. He used a stick for eating. He also scratched his cheeks with a sharp stone to make them bleed; otherwise he would have a short life.
- The dialect of Northern Lushootseed spoken by the Snohomish people.
- A city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States, located on the Snohomish River near Puget Sound.
- Ellipsis of Snohomish River.
- Ellipsis of Snohomish County.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Edmond S. Meany (1922 April) “Origin of Washington Geographic Names (Continued)”, in The Washington Historical Quarterly[1], volume 13, number 2, →JSTOR, archived from the original on 2023-04-14, page 126 (pg. 279 in book version):
- SNOHOMISH, name of a city, county, river, and tribe of Indians.
The name was first applied to the Indians. Rev. Myron Eells says the word refers to "a style of union among them." (American Anthropologist, for January, 1892.) Dr. Charles M. Buchanan, for many years Indian Agent at Tulalip, says: "I have never met an Indian who could give a meaning to the word Snohomish, though I have made twenty-one years of inquiry." He says the tribe was dominant in the region about the present City of Everett and he has a theory, though no Indian has ever corroberated it. In the native language the word is Sdoh-doh-hohbsh. In the same language Sdohbsh means man. "Might not the word be the plural form signifying 'the men, the warriors, the braves.' They dominated their confederation, you know." (In Names MSS. Letters 141 and 155.) The word has been variously spelled. On December 9, 1824, John Work, of the Hudson's Bay Company, wrote it "Sinnahamis." ("Journal," in Washington Historical Quarterly, Volume III., page 213.)
The Wilkes Expedition, 1841, charted the river as "Tuxpam River." (Hydrography, Volume XXIII., Atlas, chart 67.) In 1847, Captain Henry Kellett charted the river as "Sinahomis River."
- ^ Tulalip Tribes of Washington (2017 March 29) “stubš”, in Lushootseed: The Language of Puget Sound – Lushootseed Dictionary[2], retrieved 2023-12-09
- ^ Ruby, Robert H., Brown, John A. (1992) A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest (The Civilization of the American Indian Series; 173)[3], Revised edition, Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 December 2023, page 212:
- The Snohomishes were sometimes called the Sinahomishes (or Sneomuses). Their name is said to mean "a large number of people" and has also been rendered as "a warrior tribe." They lived near the mouth of the Snohomish River, a Puget Sound affluent in northwestern Washington state north of present-day Marsville; on the southern tip of Camano Island; on Whidbey Island oppposite the present-day city of Mukilteo; and up the Snohomish River as far east as present-day Monroe.