shahaptian

1. 1.

   a member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern Idaho

   SynonymsSahaptinSahaptino

   BroaderPenutian

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2. 2.

   a Penutian language spoken by the Shahaptian

   SynonymsSahaptin

   BroaderPenutian

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Other forms of shahaptian

plural

shahaptians·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shahaptian

What does shahaptian mean?

shahaptian means "a member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern Idaho". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shahaptian?

shahaptian has 4 syllables: sha-hap-ti-an. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for shahaptian?

Close synonyms include Sahaptin, Sahaptino, Sahaptin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shahaptian a common word?

shahaptian is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.