kiliwa meaning

• Noun: Kiliwa
  1. The Yuman language spoken by the Kiliwa
     - Kiliwi 
  2. A member of a North American Indian people living in northern Baja California
     - Kiliwi

  Type of: Hoka, Hokan, Yuman

  Encyclopedia: Kiliwa

Examples

1. Their traditional language is the Kiliwa language.
2. The Kiliwa creation myth conspicuously diverges from those of the other Yuman-speaking groups.
3. The Kiliwa, Pai-pai and Kumeyaay occupied the mountains and valleys of Baja California.
4. However, the Kiliwa name for the creator, Metip�, recalls similar figures in other Yuman myths.
5. Local ecologists named the second generation of Californian condors " inyaa " ( sun in the Kiliwa language ).