YUMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Yuman mean? 

• YUMAN (noun)
  The noun YUMAN has 1 sense:

1. a group of language of the Hokan family in Arizona and California and Mexico

  Familiarity information: YUMAN used as a noun is very rare.

• YUMAN (adjective)
  The adjective YUMAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the language or culture of the Yuma people

  Familiarity information: YUMAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YUMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of language of the Hokan family in Arizona and California and Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

Hoka; Hokan (a family of Amerindian languages spoken in California)

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

Akwa'ala (the Yuman language spoken by the Akwa'ala)

Cochimi (the Yuman language spoken by the Cochimi)

Cocopa; Cocopah (the Yuman language spoken by the Cocopa)

Diegueno (the Yuman language spoken by the Diegueno)

Havasupai (the Yuman language spoken by the Havasupai)

Kamia (the Yuman language spoken by the Kamia)

Kiliwa; Kiliwi (the Yuman language spoken by the Kiliwa)

Maricopa (the Yuman language spoken by the Maricopa and the Halchidhoma)

Mohave; Mojave (the Yuman language spoken by the Mohave)

Hualapai; Hualpai; Walapai (the Yuman language spoken by the Walapai)

Yavapai (the Yuman language spoken by the Yavapai)

Yuma (the Yuman language spoken by the Yuma)

• YUMAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the language or culture of the Yuma people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Yuma (a member of the North American Indian people of Arizona and adjacent Mexico and California)