YAKAMA


Meaning of YAKAMA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

or Yak·i·ma ˈya-kə-ˌmȯ

( plural Yakama or Yakamas or Yakima or Yakimas )

Etymology: earlier Eyakima, the Yakima River, Yakamas, perhaps from Sahaptin iyakíma, literally, pregnant ones

Date: 1838

1. : a member of a group of Sahaptin peoples of the lower Yakima River valley, south central Washington

2. : the language of the Yakama people

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