Etymology

Maidu

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Today it means: A member of an indigenous people of northern California, residing in the central Sierra Nevada. Full definition →

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  1. nmu · borrowed frommaidüm“man”
  2. English todayMaidu

Borrowing from Northeast Maidu maidüm (“man”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.