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Definition of Kutenai in English: KutenainounPlural Kutenais ˈkuːtəneɪ 1A member of a North American people of the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia, Idaho, and Montana. Example sentencesExamples - These favorable conditions lured, in Binnema's words, ‘migrants from every direction’ including the Black Feet, Gros Ventre, and Kutenai.
- The Kutenai were located on Kootenay River and Lake and extended into the United States, occupying the northern parts of Montana and Idaho.
- The mythology and folklore of the Kutenai consist chiefly of cosmic and ethnic myths, animal tales, etc.
2mass noun The language of the Kutenai, of unknown affinity. Example sentencesExamples - Obviation is found in some American Indian languages including Algonquian (such as Blackfoot, Cree, and Fox), Apachean (such as Navajo), Eskimo, Keresan, and Kutenai.
adjective ˈkuːtəneɪ Relating to the Kutenai or their language. Example sentencesExamples - The Kutenai tribe can be found in Washington, Idaho, Montana, and as far north as British Columbia, and Alberta.
- The creative instinct of the Kutenai women found expression chiefly in cedar-root basketry.
- Once the Kutenai men caught the fish, the children helped carry the fish from the canoes to the women who would clean and smoke or dry the fish.
OriginFrom Blackfoot Kotonáai-. Definition of Kutenai in US English: Kutenai(also Kutenay) nounˈko͞otnˌā 1A member of a North American people of the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia, Idaho, and Montana. Example sentencesExamples - The Kutenai were located on Kootenay River and Lake and extended into the United States, occupying the northern parts of Montana and Idaho.
- The mythology and folklore of the Kutenai consist chiefly of cosmic and ethnic myths, animal tales, etc.
- These favorable conditions lured, in Binnema's words, ‘migrants from every direction’ including the Black Feet, Gros Ventre, and Kutenai.
2The language of the Kutenai, of unknown affinity. Example sentencesExamples - Obviation is found in some American Indian languages including Algonquian (such as Blackfoot, Cree, and Fox), Apachean (such as Navajo), Eskimo, Keresan, and Kutenai.
adjectiveˈko͞otnˌā Relating to the Kutenai or their language. Example sentencesExamples - The Kutenai tribe can be found in Washington, Idaho, Montana, and as far north as British Columbia, and Alberta.
- The creative instinct of the Kutenai women found expression chiefly in cedar-root basketry.
- Once the Kutenai men caught the fish, the children helped carry the fish from the canoes to the women who would clean and smoke or dry the fish.
OriginFrom Blackfoot Kotonáai-. |