On this page you'll find 4 example sentences with Makah. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Makah meaning
A member of an indigenous North American people in the northwestern Olympic Peninsula of Washington state in North America.
Using Makah
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of an indigenous North American people in the northwestern Olympic Peninsula of Washington state in North America.
- In the example corpus, makah often appears in combinations such as: makah tribe.
Context around Makah
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Makah
- In this selection, "makah" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 17 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tribe, chiefs and whalers stand out and add context to how "makah" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include like other makah chiefs before and makah tribe sues. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "makah" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with makah
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Makah tribe sues to have it removed. (7 words)
Makah whalers with a whale carcass near Neah Bay, Wash., in 1910. (12 words)
Hishka, who was born in 1845, harpooned humpbacks and gray whales from canoes he carved himself, like other Makah chiefs before him. (22 words)
Pursuant to an agreement between the United States and Russia, the Makah tribe of Washington claimed four whales from the IWC quota established at the 1997 meeting. (27 words)
Hishka, who was born in 1845, harpooned humpbacks and gray whales from canoes he carved himself, like other Makah chiefs before him. (22 words)
Makah whalers with a whale carcass near Neah Bay, Wash., in 1910. (12 words)
Example sentences (4)
Hishka, who was born in 1845, harpooned humpbacks and gray whales from canoes he carved himself, like other Makah chiefs before him.
Makah whalers with a whale carcass near Neah Bay, Wash., in 1910.
Makah tribe sues to have it removed.
Pursuant to an agreement between the United States and Russia, the Makah tribe of Washington claimed four whales from the IWC quota established at the 1997 meeting.
Common combinations with makah
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: