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