Yurok

Yurok

See also: yurok

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Karok [Term?] (“downriver [people]”), as they live on the Klamath River downstream of the Karuk, whose name means "upriver [people]".

Noun

Yurok (plural Yuroks or Yurok)

1. A member of a particular Native American tribe of Northern California.

Translations

person

Finnish: yurok (fi) Karok: yurúkvaarar, yuh'ára (also used for Tolowa) Yurok: olekwo'l

Proper noun

Yurok

1. The Algic language of these people.

Translations

language

Finnish: yurok (fi) Irish: Iúróicis f Karok: yúhih

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Yurok terms

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Yurok, yur ⁠

Anagrams

• Koury, Yurko