Karuk

See also: karuk

English

Musician Jetty Rae, whose grandmother was a full-blooded Karuk.

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

Karuk

  1. An indigenous people of California who reside along the Klamath River.
  2. The language spoken by this tribe, which is either a language isolate or perhaps Hokan.

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Noun

Karuk (plural Karuks)

  1. A member of this tribe.

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