Main Entry: Pai·ute

Variant(s): also Pi·ute \ˈpī-ˌyüt\

Function: noun

Etymology: alteration of Pie-Utaw, alteration of Paiuches, plural, from American Spanish Payuchis Southern Paiutes

Date: 1827

1 : a member of an American Indian people originally of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California
2 : either of the two Uto-Aztecan languages of the Paiute people