Definitions for Penutian
Penutian
Pe·nu·ti·an
Spelling: [puh-noo-tee-uh n, -shuh n]
IPA: /pəˈnu ti ən, -ʃən/
Penutian is a 8 letter English word.
You can make 229 anagrams from letters in Penutian (aeinnptu).
Definitions for Penutian
noun
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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.
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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
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of or relating to Penutian.
Origin of Penutian
1913; pen + uti, schematized bases for “two” in Maidu-Wintu-Yokuts and Miwok-Costanoan, respectively + -an