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Penutian

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pə no̅o̅′tē ən, -shən)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Pe•nu•ti•an  (pə no̅o̅′tē ən, -shən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Language Varietiesa group of American Indian language families of central and coastal California, including Wintu, Maidu, Yokuts, Miwok, and Costanoan, thought to be descendants of a single protolanguage spoken at a remote period.
  2. Language Varietiesany of several other hypothesized genetic groupings of languages that include these languages and, in addition, otherwise unclassified languages of the Pacific Northwest, Columbia River plateau, Mexico, and Central America.

adj. 
  1. Language Varietiesof or pertaining to Penutian.
  • pen + uti, schematized bases for "two'' in Maidu-Wintu-Yokuts and Miwok-Costanoan, respectively + -an 1913

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