n.
Variant: also Pi · ute
Pronunciation: ' p ī - ˌ yüt
Function: noun
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 orig. of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California
2 : either of the two Uto-Aztecan languages of the Paiute people