Piman
Americannoun
adjective
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pertaining or belonging to such a language grouping.
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of or relating to the Pima or their language.
Etymology
Origin of Piman
Example Sentences
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“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
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
It would appear that the Piman mind confused clouds of smoke and clouds of vapor, and because tobacco made clouds it was probably supposed to be potent in begetting rain.
From Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona by Lloyd, J. William
The Quojatas are a small tribe, of the Piman stock, living south of the Casa Grande.
From Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona by Lloyd, J. William
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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