Absaroka
English
Alternative forms
- Absaroke
- Absarokee
- Upsaroka (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Dakota Absaroka (literally “crow people, bird people”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /æbˈsɑ.ɹə.kə/
Noun
Absaroka (plural Absarokas or Absaroka)
- A member of a Siouan people from between the Platte and the Yellowstone Rivers; the Crow.
References
- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 6