Paiute

or Pi·ute

[ pahy-oot, pahy-oot ]

noun

, plural Pai·utes, (especially collectively) Pai·ute.

1. a member of a group of North American Indians of the Uto-Aztecan family dwelling in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.
2. either of two mutually unintelligible Uto-Aztecan languages Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute.

Paiute

/ ˈpaɪˌuːt; paɪˈjuːt /

noun

1. -utes-ute a member of either of two North American Indian peoples ( Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute ) of the Southwestern US, related to the Aztecs
2. the language of either of these peoples, belonging to the Shoshonean subfamily of the Uto-Aztecan family

Example Sentences

The Paiute fashion of counting time appeals to me more than any other calendar.

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Something to wrap around him is as necessary to the Paiute as to you your closet to pray in.

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These first, you understand, are the Paiute's walls, the other his furnishings.

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On the other hand, the Paiute, from whom the ghost dance was derived, did not hypnotize.

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It was not known at that time that an attempt would be made to curtail his Paiute source of water.

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