Maidu

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of an indigenous people of northern California, residing in the central Sierra Nevada.
  2. 2
    a Penutian language spoken by the Maidu wordnet
  3. 3
    a member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An extinct Maiduan language.

Etymology

Borrowing from Northeast Maidu maidüm (“man”).

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