1.  paiute(n = noun.person) piute - a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States;
is a kind of shoshone, shoshoni

2.  paiute(n = noun.communication) - the Shoshonean language spoken by the Paiute;
is a kind of shoshonean, shoshonean language, shoshonian, shoshonian language