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Wintun

Wintun noun: any member of a group of related Native American tribes who live in Northern California, including the Wintu (northern), Nomlaki (central), and Patwin (southern) tribes.

Noun

Wintun (plural Wintuns or Wintun)

  1. Any member of a group of related Native American tribes who live in Northern California, including the Wintu (northern), Nomlaki (central), and Patwin (southern) tribes.

Proper noun

Wintun

  1. The family of languages which they traditionally spoke.

Adjective

Wintun (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Wintun people.

Forms of Wintun

pluralWintuns
pluralWintun
alternative formWintuan
alternative formWintoon

Origin of Wintun

From Wintu wintʰu·n (“to be a person, to be a Wintun”).

Questions about Wintun

What does Wintun mean?
Wintun means any member of a group of related Native American tribes who live in Northern California, including the Wintu (northern), Nomlaki (central), and Patwin (southern) tribes.
What part of speech is Wintun?
Wintun can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Wintun?
The plural of Wintun is Wintuns.

Words near Wintun in the dictionary

  1. wintry showers
  2. Wints
  3. Wintu
  4. Wintuan
  5. Wintuans
  6. Wintun
  7. Wintuns
  8. Wintz
  9. Wintzes
  10. Winvick
  11. Winvicks

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