Meanings
nounWakashanist (plural Wakashanists)
plural Wakashanists
- 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
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