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Penutian


Pe·nu·ti·an

P0175700 (pə-no͞o′tē-ən, -shən)n. A proposed stock of North American Indian languages spoken in Pacific coastal areas from California into British Columbia.
[From the reconstructed words for "two" in two of its subgroups.]

Penutian

(pɪˈnjuːtɪən; -ʃən) n1. (Languages) a family of North American Indian languages of the Pacific coast2. (Languages) a phylum of languages of North and South America, including Araucanian, Chinook, Mayan, and Sahaptin
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Noun1.Penutian - a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of CaliforniaAmerican-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, American Indian, Indian - any of the languages spoken by AmerindiansCopehan - a group of Penutian languages spoken to the west of the Sacramento riverCostanoan - a Penutian language spoken by the CostanoanMariposan, Yokuts - a Penutian language spoken by the Yokuts in the San Joaquin ValleyMoquelumnan, Miwok - a Penutian language spoken by the MiwokPujunan, Maidu - a Penutian language spoken by the MaiduChinookan, Chinook - a Penutian language spoken by the ChinookKalapooian, Kalapuyan - a Penutian language spoken by the KalapuyaKusan - a Penutian language spoken by the KusanSahaptin, Shahaptian - a Penutian language spoken by the ShahaptianTakilman, Takelma - a Penutian language spoken by the TakelmaTsimshian - a Penutian language spoken by the Tsimshian
2.Penutian - a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languagesAmerican Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrivedChinook - a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribesCostanoan - a member of a North American Indian people living in coastal California between Monterey and San Francisco BayCalapooya, Calapuya, Kalapooia, Kalapuya - a member of the North American Indian people of OregonKusan - a member of the North American Indian people of OregonMaidu - a member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in CaliforniaMiwok - a member of the North American Indian people living in the central Sierra Nevada in CaliforniaPatwin - a member of the North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in CaliforniaSahaptin, Sahaptino, Shahaptian - a member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern IdahoTakelma - a member of a North American Indian people of southwestern OregonTsimshian - a member of a Penutian people who lived on rivers and a sound in British ColumbiaWintun - a member of a North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in CaliforniaYokuts - a member of the North American Indian people of the San Joaquin Valley

Penutian


Penutian

(pəno͞o`shən), linguistic family, or stock, of Native Americans of North and Central America. See Native American languagesNative American languages,
languages of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere and their descendants. A number of the Native American languages that were spoken at the time of the European arrival in the New World in the late 15th cent.
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Penutian

[pə′nü·shən] (geology) A North American stage of geologic time: lower Eocene (above Bulitian, below Ulatasian).

Penutian


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noun a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California

Related Words

  • American-Indian language
  • Amerind
  • Amerindian language
  • American Indian
  • Indian
  • Copehan
  • Costanoan
  • Mariposan
  • Yokuts
  • Moquelumnan
  • Miwok
  • Pujunan
  • Maidu
  • Chinookan
  • Chinook
  • Kalapooian
  • Kalapuyan
  • Kusan
  • Sahaptin
  • Shahaptian
  • Takilman
  • Takelma
  • Tsimshian

noun a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages

Related Words

  • American Indian
  • Indian
  • Red Indian
  • Chinook
  • Costanoan
  • Calapooya
  • Calapuya
  • Kalapooia
  • Kalapuya
  • Kusan
  • Maidu
  • Miwok
  • Patwin
  • Sahaptin
  • Sahaptino
  • Shahaptian
  • Takelma
  • Tsimshian
  • Wintun
  • Yokuts
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