Chipewyan

//t͡ʃɪp.əˈwaɪ.ən//

Synonyms for "chipewyan" (16 found)

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Chipewyan

2 entries
  • Dëne Sųłiné name (language)
  • ᑌᓀᓱᒼᕄᓀ name (language)

Galician

1 entries
  • chipewyan name (language)

Russian

1 entries
  • чипевиа́н name (language)

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In addition to their leatherwork, woodwork, stonework, and bonework, the Chipewyan also worked in metal.

Source: wiktionary

One of the big challenges, it turns out, is the government itself. Last week, Shene Catholique-Valpy, an Aboriginal woman born and raised in the Northwest Territories, spoke out publicly about her year-long fight to have the the^([sic]) traditional Chipewyan spelling of her daughter’s name, Sahaiʔa May Talbot, on her birth certificate. Sahaiʔa roughly translates to: “As the sun breaks through the clouds or over the horizon.” And the symbol, which resembles a question mark without the dot, called a glottal stop, indicates the correct pronunciation and meaning; without it, the name is incorrect.

Source: wiktionary

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