Maidu
name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A member of an indigenous people of northern California, residing in the central Sierra Nevada.
- 2 a Penutian language spoken by the Maidu wordnet
- 3 a member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 An extinct Maiduan language.
Etymology
Borrowing from Northeast Maidu maidüm (“man”).