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Piman

Piman

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A person who belongs to the Native American peoples of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico
  • proper noun
: piman
  • Many Navajo and Piman languages share similarities due to their geographic proximity.

Examples

  • Displaying Christian-style crosses to mounted Spaniards to achieve peaceful interaction was an early contact period Piman behavior.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The Piman people have a rich cultural heritage that dates back centuries.

  • A report to the National Park Service hypothesized that Tuzigoot was a Northern Piman site at the end of the sixteenth century.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The history of the Piman tribes is deeply intertwined with the landscape of the southwestern United States.

Synonyms

Pima
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People from a Native American group who live in Arizona and northern Mexico

refers more broadly to related peoples or languages across the same region

Surface Forms

Piman main

Morphology

Piman = Pima (transparent) = Pima + an

Standard ethnonym formation from the tribal name 'Pima' using the productive suffix '-an' to indicate membership.

Etymology

The name Piman comes from Pima, the name for a Native American people who also call themselves O'odham. So a Piman is 'a member of that people' or someone who speaks one of their languages.