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[ win-toon, win-toon ] / wɪnˈtun, ˈwɪn tun /
nounAlso called Copehan. a small family of North American Indian languages of Penutian stock spoken in northern California and including Wintu and Patwin. Wintu. Words nearby Wintunwin through, wintle, Winton, wintry, Wintu, Wintun, win-win, winy, winze, WIP, wipe Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for WintunIn the south, where everything shows the Wintun and Pomo to have influenced each other considerably, he is replaced by Coyote. The Religion of the Indians of California|A. L. Kroeber It is clear that the mythology of the Maidu is distinctive and much less under Wintun influence than their ceremonies. The Religion of the Indians of California|A. L. Kroeber Derivation: From the Wintun word yuki, meaning stranger; secondarily, bad or thieving. Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico|John Wesley Powell The Wintun occupy a territory which is of much greater extent from north to south than from east to west. The Religion of the Indians of California|A. L. Kroeber
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