Pima

[ pee-muh ]

noun

, plural Pi·mas, (especially collectively) Pi·ma

1. a member of an Indigenous people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
2. the Uto-Aztecan language of the Pima, closely related to Tohono O'odham.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Pima or their language.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pima¹

First recorded in 1810–15; from Spanish (Mexico, southwestern United States), earlier Pimahitos, from 16th-century Pima (Spanish spelling) pimahaitu “nothing”

Example Sentences

In one of the newly published studies, health researchers in Arizona looked at schools with and without mask policies in Maricopa and Pima Counties.

From Ars Technica

Every so often, a sheet made of authentic, 100% Pima cotton will have a thread count of 500.

From Popular-Science

His friend Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik was one of the first to suggest he run about a year ago.

From The Daily Beast

But Pima County sheriff's spokesman Dawn Barkman said Ready was not a suspect in that particular crime.

From The Daily Beast

After deliberating for about a day, 11 women and one man sentenced Forde to death in Pima County Superior Court on Tuesday.

From The Daily Beast

Some 3,500 people in the Pima County area have lost services, he said, with more than 10,000 suffering from the cuts statewide.

From The Daily Beast

The Pima County Tea Party, which operates in Tucson, condemned the attack but also cautioned against political exploitation.

From The Daily Beast

The Pima of Southern Arizona record events by means of notched sticks, which no one but the persons who mark them can understand.

From Project Gutenberg

A similar distinction is found in the Makak language, and traces of it, at least, are observable in the Pima.

From Project Gutenberg

Neither of the older Indians could speak a word of English, but chatted and laughed away together in Pima.

From Project Gutenberg

A slight tattooing appears on almost all Pima faces not of the last generation.

From Project Gutenberg

There seems to have been no original bead work among Pima Indians.

From Project Gutenberg