Wintu

[ win-too, win-too ]

/ wɪnˈtu, ˈwɪn tu /

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noun, plural Win·tus, especially collectively Win·tu for 1.

a member of an American Indian people of the Sacramento River valley in California.

the Wintun language of the Wintu.

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Also called Wintun.

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When the Wintu people emerged from the spring, they couldn’t speak or move.
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The great majority of Wintu metamorphoses are effected by Olelbis.
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The following four spirit songs are from my Wintu collection.
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The myths from one to nine inclusive are Wintu, from ten to the end Yana.
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To understand the Wintu mind, it is indispensable to begin with Olelbis.
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These remarks are given, as nearly as possible, in the form of the original Wintu narrative.
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