Kalmar "Piute" (wanda kuma aka rubuta "Paiute") gabaɗaya tana nufin ƙabilar Amirka ta asali ko rukuni na kabilu waɗanda a al'adance ke zama a sassa na yankin Great Basin na Amurka, gami da Nevada, Utah, California na yanzu, da kuma Oregon. Hakanan ana iya amfani da kalmar don kwatanta yaren da waɗannan ƙabilu ko kuma daidaikun mutanen da ke cikin waɗannan ƙabilun suke magana. Kalmar “Piute” an yarda cewa ta samo asali ne daga kalmar Kudancin Paiute “pi'̵v̌u̵”, wanda ke nufin “Ute na gaskiya”.