Wintu

[ win-too, win-too ]

noun

, plural Win·tus, especially collectively Win·tu

1. a member of an American Indian people of the Sacramento River valley in California.
2. the Wintun language of the Wintu.

Example Sentences

When the Wintu people emerged from the spring, they couldn’t speak or move.

From Outside Online

The great majority of Wintu metamorphoses are effected by Olelbis.

From Project Gutenberg

The following four spirit songs are from my Wintu collection.

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The myths from one to nine inclusive are Wintu, from ten to the end Yana.

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To understand the Wintu mind, it is indispensable to begin with Olelbis.

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These remarks are given, as nearly as possible, in the form of the original Wintu narrative.

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