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Wakashanist

Wakashanist noun: a linguist who specialises in studying Wakashan languages.

Noun

Wakashanist (plural Wakashanists)

  1. A linguist who specialises in studying Wakashan languages.
    • Sapir & Swadesh (1939:237-239) present the basic facts of Nuuchahnulth reduplication, introducing the terminology and diacritics still employed by Wakashanists today.2004, J. Stonham, Linguistic Theory and Complex Words: Nuuchahnulth Word Formation

Forms of Wakashanist

pluralWakashanists

Origin of Wakashanist

From Wakashan + -ist.

Questions about Wakashanist

What does Wakashanist mean?
Wakashanist means a linguist who specialises in studying Wakashan languages.
What part of speech is Wakashanist?
Wakashanist is a noun.
What is the plural of Wakashanist?
The plural of Wakashanist is Wakashanists.

Words near Wakashanist in the dictionary

  1. Wakandan
  2. Wakarusa
  3. wakas
  4. wakasagi
  5. Wakashan
  6. Wakashanist
  7. Wakashanists
  8. wakashu
  9. Wakatipu
  10. Wakatsuki
  11. Wakatsukis

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