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