English Explanatory Dictionary

Karuk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an indigenous people of California who reside along the Klamath River.
name
  1. The language spoken by this tribe, which is either a language isolate or perhaps Hokan.

Word forms

Karuk Karuks Karok

Etymology

Borrowed from Karok káruk (“upstream, upriver (people)”), because they live upstream on the Klamath River while the Yurok live downstream.

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