AMERIND

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Amerind mean? 

• AMERIND (noun)
  The noun AMERIND has 1 sense:

1. any of the languages spoken by Amerindians

  Familiarity information: AMERIND used as a noun is very rare.

• AMERIND (adjective)
  The adjective AMERIND has 1 sense:

1. of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages

  Familiarity information: AMERIND used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERIND (noun)

Meaning:

Any of the languages spoken by Amerindians

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

American-Indian language; Amerind; Amerindian language; American Indian; Indian

Hypernyms ("Amerind" is a kind of...):

natural language; tongue (a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Amerind"):

Algonquian; Algonquian language; Algonquin (family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains)

Hoka; Hokan (a family of Amerindian languages spoken in California)

Tanoan; Tanoan language (a family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States)

Siouan; Siouan language (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux)

Maya; Mayan; Mayan language (a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya)

Uto-Aztecan; Uto-Aztecan language (a family of American Indian languages)

Carib; Caribbean language (the family of languages spoken by the Carib)

Arawak; Arawakan (a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America)

Tupi-Guarani; Tupi-Guarani language (a family of South American Indian languages)

Maracan language; Maraco (the language spoken by the Maraco)

Kechua; Kechuan; Quechua; Quechuan; Quechuan language (the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas)

Iroquoian; Iroquoian language; Iroquois (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois)

Caddo; Caddoan; Caddoan language (a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo)

Mosan (a family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British Columbia)

Na-Dene (a family of North American Indian languages)

Muskhogean; Muskhogean language; Muskogean; Muskogean language (a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States)

Athabascan; Athabaskan; Athapascan; Athapaskan; Athapaskan language (a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir))

Atakapa; Atakapan; Attacapa; Attacapan (a language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas)

Penutian (a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California)

• AMERIND (adjective)

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Amerind; Amerindic; Native American; Indian

Context examples:

Native American religions / Indian arrowheads

Pertainym:

American Indian (a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived)