Main Entry: Sa·hap·tin

Pronunciation: \sə-ˈhap-tən\

Function: noun

Etymology: Salish (Columbia River dialects) sḥáptnəχʷ Nez Percé

Date: 1836

: a language spoken in a number of dialects by American Indian peoples (as the Yakama) of the interior of northern Oregon and southern Washington; also : a member of a Sahaptin-speaking people