Cayuse — infobox ethnic group group = Cayuse caption = The Cayuse Tribe land area poptime = The Cayuse Tribe has no descendants since its interbreeding with the Umatilla Tribe. popplace = Washington, Oregon langs = isolate (unclassified) rels = Animism… … Wikipedia
Cayuse — [kī′yo͞os΄, kī′o͞os΄; kī yo͞os′, kīo͞os′] n. pl. Cayuses or Cayuse [< tribal name] 1. a member of a group of North American Indians that lived in the Blue Mountains section of NE Oreg. 2. the language of this people 3. [c ] a horse, esp. a… … English World dictionary
cayuse — (n.) horse, Indian pony, 1841, American English, said to be a Chinook Indian word; also the name of an Indian group and language (1825), of unknown origin … Etymology dictionary
Cayuse — n. member of the Cayuse Indian tribe of Washington States and Oregon (USA) n. Indian tribe living in Washington States and Oregon (USA); language spoken by the Cayuse Indians … English contemporary dictionary
Cayuse — [ kʌɪju:s] noun (plural same or Cayuses) 1》 a member of an American Indian people of Washington State and Oregon. 2》 the extinct Penutian language of the Cayuse. 3》 (cayuse) an American Indian pony. Origin the name in Chinook Jargon … English new terms dictionary
Language isolate — A language isolate, in the absolute sense, is a natural language with no demonstrable genealogical (or genetic ) relationship with other living languages; that is, one that has not been demonstrated to descend from an ancestor common to any other … Wikipedia
Cayuse — ISO 639 3 Code : xcy ISO 639 2/B Code : ISO 639 2/T Code : ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Extinct … Names of Languages ISO 639-3
OH-6 Cayuse — Infobox Aircraft name= OH 6 Cayuse/ Loach caption= Right side view of the OH 6 Cayuse helicopter in flight. type= Light observation helicopter manufacturer= Hughes Tool Co. Aircraft Division designer= first flight= 27 February 1963 introduced=… … Wikipedia
Northern Kalapuya language — Tualatin–Yamhill Northern Kalapuya Spoken in Northwest Oregon Extinct 1937 Language family Kalapuyan … Wikipedia
Extinct language — An extinct language is a language that no longer has any speakers.[1], or that is no longer in current use. Extinct languages are sometimes contrasted with dead languages, which are still known and used in special contexts in written form, but… … Wikipedia
