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Piman

American  
[pee-muhn] / ˈpi mən /

noun

  1. any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.


adjective

  1. pertaining or belonging to such a language grouping.

  2. of or relating to the Pima or their language.

Etymology

Origin of Piman

Pim(a) + -an

Example Sentences

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At the Piman Bouk Bakery, murals, both inside and out, portray a verdant and abundant Haiti in the manner of much of the country’s art.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2016

“I’ve heard from some friends — not others,” he said as he bought pastries and bread at the Piman Bouk Bakery.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2016

No one had chanced to mention that Miguel, the peaceful Piman, had any claims on famous antecedents.

From The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine by Amick, Robert Wesley

The old woman stood screaming in Piman at the top of her lungs.

From The Mucker by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

The consanguinity of this phratry may have been close to that of the Shoshonean tribes, as that of the Patki was to the Piman, or the Asa to the Tanoan.

From Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 by Fewkes, Jesse Walter

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