SAHAPTIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sahaptin mean? 

• SAHAPTIN (noun)
  The noun SAHAPTIN has 2 senses:

1. a member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern Idaho

2. a Penutian language spoken by the Shahaptian

  Familiarity information: SAHAPTIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAHAPTIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern Idaho

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Sahaptin; Sahaptino; Shahaptian

Hypernyms ("Sahaptin" is a kind of...):

Penutian (a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Sahaptin"):

Nez Perce (a member of a tribe of the Shahaptian people living on the pacific coast)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Penutian language spoken by the Shahaptian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Sahaptin; Shahaptian

Hypernyms ("Sahaptin" is a kind of...):

Penutian (a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Sahaptin"):

Nez Perce (the Shahaptian language spoken by the Nez Perce)