Wakashan

 
Pronunciation: /waˈkaʃ(ə)n/

adjective

  • relating to or denoting a small family of almost extinct American Indian languages of the northern Pacific coast, including Kwakiutl and Nootka.

noun

[mass noun]
  • the Wakashan family of languages.

Origin:

from Nootka waukash 'good' (said to have been applied to the people by Captain Cook) + -an