Miwok
/ˈmiːwɒk/(also Mewuk, Miwuk, Muwa)
noun
1A member of a North American Indian people residing in several distinct groupings in coastal and interior California.
2Any of the languages spoken by the Miwok peoples; these languages collectively or the grouping they constitute, a branch of the Miwok–Costanoan (or Utian) family, hypothesized to be part of the Penutian superfamily.
adjective
Of or relating to the Miwok or their languages.
Origin
Mid 19th century. From Central Sierra Miwok miw:ɨk, lit. ‘people’, plural of miw:ɨʔ person.
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