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Yokuts, n. and a.|ˈjəʊkʌts|
[a. Yawelmani Yokuts yokhoc̓ person, people.]
A. n.
a. (A member of) any of about 40 closely related Indian peoples of central California; these peoples collectively.
1877Contrib. N. Amer. Ethnol. III. 370 At the time of the American advent..the Yokuts occupied the south bank of the Fresno. 1929A. H. Gayton Yokuts & Western Mono Pottery-Making 249 These sherds are related stylistically to southern California ware rather than to that of the Yokuts. 1973A. H. Whiteford N. Amer. Indian Arts 39 In southern California the baskets of the Yokuts and Mono have thin grass coils.
b. The language family of the Yokuts, or the language of any Yokuts group.
1912[see Penutian n. and a.]. 1921E. Sapir Lang. iv. 77 In another Indian language, Yokuts, vocalic modifications affect both noun and verb forms. 1965Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics X. 139 Yokuts is a language family that is centered in the San Joaquin Valley and is flanked by languages of the Uto-Aztecan family.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating the Yokuts.
1877Contrib. N. Amer. Ethnol. III. 370 In the Yokuts nation there appears to be more political solidarity..than is common in the State. 1944S. S. Newman (title) Yokuts language of California. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia X. 824/2 Yokuts ceremonies included puberty rite for boys, involving use of the hallucinogen tolguache, made from jimsonweed. |