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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 SahaptinThesaurus| Noun | 1. | 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.
..... Click the link for more information. .Penutian[pə′nü·shən] (geology) A North American stage of geologic time: lower Eocene (above Bulitian, below Ulatasian). Penutian
Words related to Penutiannoun a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of CaliforniaRelated 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 languagesRelated 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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