English Explanatory Dictionary

Chemehuevi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An indigenous people of the Great Basin; the southernmost branch of Southern Paiute.
name
  1. The Numic language of these people.

Word forms

Chemehuevi

Etymology

Possibly from a Spanish corruption of Mojave 'achiimuuev (“those who play with fish”)

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