Paiute

 
Pronunciation: /ˈpʌɪuːt/

noun (plural or Paiutes)

  • 1a member of either of two culturally similar but geographically separate and linguistically distinct American Indian peoples (the Southern Paiute and the Northern Paiute) of the western US.
  • 2 [mass noun] either of the Uto-Aztecan languages of the Paiute, now with few speakers.

adjective

  • relating to the Paiute or their languages.

Origin:

from Spanish Payuchi, Payuta, influenced by Ute