Nimiipuu

noun

Ni·mii·puu nē-ˈmē-pü

plural Nimiipuu

: nez percé

Examples of Nimiipuu in a Sentence

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Gladstone has both Blackfeet and Nimiipuu heritage, and grew up on a Blackfeet reservation in Montana. —

Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 1 Jan. 2024

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Nez Percé (Upriver dialect) ni⸱mí⸱pu⸱, nimí⸱pu⸱, a self-designation

Note: In the orthography currently used on the Nez Percé reservation in Idaho it is written niimíipuu or nimíipuu, dependent on the speaker's pronunciation.

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of Nimiipuu was in 1892

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