Karuk

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English

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

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Etymology

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

Noun

Karuk (plural Karuks or Karuk)

  1. A member of an indigenous people of California who reside along the Klamath River.

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Proper noun

Karuk

  1. The language spoken by this tribe, which is either a language isolate or perhaps Hokan.

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