PAIUTE


Meaning of PAIUTE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

also Pi·ute ˈpī-ˌyüt

Etymology: alteration of Pie-Utaw, alteration of Paiuches, plural, from American Spanish Payuchis Southern Paiutes

Date: 1827

1. : a member of an American Indian people originally of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California

2. : either of the two Uto-Aztecan languages of the Paiute people

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.