(复同单, 或Chipewyans)
1
- a member of a Dene people of NW Canada奇佩维安人（属加拿大西北部一提纳部族）。比较CHIPPEWA.
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- mass noun the Athabaskan language of this people, with about 8,000 speakers奇佩维安语（属阿塔巴斯卡语, 使用者约8,000人）。
- of or relating to this people or their language（与）奇佩维安人（有关）的; （与）奇佩维安语（有关）的。
词源
from Cree， literally '(wearing) pointed-skin (garments)'.