Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people inhabiting northeast California.
- noun The language of the Achomawi.
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- proper noun The
native language spoken by the Pit River people of present-day California.
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- noun a member of the Achomawi community of northeastern California
- noun the Shastan language spoken by the Achomawi
- noun a community of Native Americans who speak a Hokan language and live in northeastern California
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Achomawi ažumaawi, river people (originally referring to a subtribe by the Fall River, California), from ažuma, it flows, river.]
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An anglicization of the name of the Fall River band, ajúmmááwí, from ajúmmá "river".
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Examples
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Another method, embracing both burial and cremation, has been practiced by the Pitt River or Achomawi Indians of California, who
An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians 1884
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Another method, embracing both burial and cremation, has been practiced by the Pitt River or Achomawi Indians of California, who
A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians 1884
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Creation and Longevity -- Achomawi (Pit River, Cal.)
Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest Katharine Berry [Editor] Judson
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