Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paiute

/pˈaɪjut/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables: paiute
IPA: /pˈaɪjut/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of two related groups of North American aboriginal peoples: the Northern Paiute of California, Nevada, and Oregon, and the Southern Paiute of Arizona, southeastern California and Nevada, and Utah.

Etymology

From Spanish payuchi, payuta, compare Spanish yuta (“Ute”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: payuchi

Inflected Forms

Paiutes (plural)

Synonyms

paiute language piute

Questions

How do you pronounce paiute?: The recorded pronunciation is /pˈaɪjut/.
What does paiute mean?: Any member of two related groups of North American aboriginal peoples: the Northern Paiute of California, Nevada, and Oregon, and the Southern Paiute of Arizona, southeastern California and Nevada, and Utah.
Where does paiute come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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