Inflected forms: pl. Achomawi or A·cho·ma·wis 1a. A Native American people inhabiting northeast California. b. A member of this people. Also called Pit River1. 2. The language of the Achomawi.
ETYMOLOGY:
Achomawi aumaawi, river people (originally referring to a subtribe by the Fall River, California), from auma, it flows, river.
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