Kumeyaay
English: Translation
Kumeyaay, southern/western Diegueño
Part of Speech
noun
proper noun
Semantic Domain
Names of people and clans
Custom tags
Nominalized
Common phrase/expression
Notes
Defined in Mesa Grande dictionary as, "Southern Diegueño Indians (lit. Those who face the water from a cliff)".
May refer to the western Kumeyaay who lived by the coast.
Related words: meyay "is steep", 'emat kumeyay "cliff", lit. "steep land"
Only reference in Barona dictionary is Kemeyaay Aa "Kumeyaay Language", supplied by a Tiipay speaker.