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cayuse (kai-YOOS, KAI-oos) - n. (U.S.) a small sturdy horse, especially an Indian pony.
Not actually related to the Cayuse nation of Oregon, though the word is from that area -- it seems to have come from Chinook Jargon via adaptation into a Salish language of Spanish caballo, horse.
---L.
Not actually related to the Cayuse nation of Oregon, though the word is from that area -- it seems to have come from Chinook Jargon via adaptation into a Salish language of Spanish caballo, horse.
---L.
