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Wintu

Wintu proper noun: an endangered language spoken by certain Wintun people in California.

Proper noun

Wintu

  1. An endangered language spoken by certain Wintun people in California.

Origin of Wintu

From Wintu wintʰu·h (“a person, a Wintu”).

Questions about Wintu

What does Wintu mean?
Wintu means an endangered language spoken by certain Wintun people in California.
What part of speech is Wintu?
Wintu is a proper noun.

Words near Wintu in the dictionary

  1. wintry mix
  2. wintry mixes
  3. wintry shower
  4. wintry showers
  5. Wints
  6. Wintu
  7. Wintuan
  8. Wintuans
  9. Wintun
  10. Wintuns
  11. Wintz

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