Chimariko
English
Etymology
From Chimariko chimar (“person”).
Noun
Chimariko pl (plural only)
- A tribe that lived in a canyon on the Trinity River in California until they were all but destroyed in the mid-1800s, at which point survivors fled and assimilated into the Hupa and Shasta tribes.
Proper noun
Chimariko
- The extinct language of this tribe, which is either a language isolate or perhaps Hokan.