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单词 penutian
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Penutian

[ puh-noo-tee-uhn, -shuhn ]
/ pəˈnu ti ən, -ʃən /

noun

a 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.
any 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.

adjective

of or relating to Penutian.

Origin of Penutian

1913; pen + uti, schematized bases for “two” in Maidu-Wintu-Yokuts and Miwok-Costanoan, respectively + -an

Words nearby Penutian

penult, penultimate, penumbra, penurious, penury, Penutian, Penza, Penzance, Penzias, peon, peonage
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British Dictionary definitions for Penutian

Penutian
/ (pɪˈnjuːtɪən, -ʃən) /

noun

a family of North American Indian languages of the Pacific coast
a phylum of languages of North and South America, including Araucanian, Chinook, Mayan, and Sahaptin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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