adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to these languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Uto-Aztecan
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˌju.toʊ.æzˈtɛ.kən/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌjuː.təʊ.æzˈtɛ.kən/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɛkən
name
Meaning 2
A certain Native American language family including a large number of geographically distant languages such as Hopi, Nahuatl (Aztec) and Comanche.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 3
A speaker of one of these languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Uto-Aztec
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a family of American Indian languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Uto-Aztecan language
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian
Narrower terms: Shoshonean, Shoshonean language, Shoshonian, Shoshonian language, Pima, Aztecan, Nahuatl, Cahita, Tatahumara, Zapotec, Zapotecan
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Uto- English Aztec Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Aztecan English Uto-Aztecan From Uto- + Aztecan.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: Uto-Azteeks — Translations
- Italian: uto-azteco — Translations
Real reading context