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Karok|kəˈrɒk|
Also † Cahroc, Kahruk.
[f. Karok káruk upstream.]
a. An Indian people of the Klamath river valley in northwestern California.
b. The language of this people. Also attrib.
1851G. Gibbs Jrnl. 12 Oct. in H. R. Schoolcraft Hist. & Stat. Information Indian Tribes (1853) III. 151 They do not seem to have any generic appellation for themselves, but apply the terms ‘Kahruk’, up and ‘Youruk’, down, to all who live above or below themselves. 1872Overland Monthly Apr. 328/2 The Cahrocs are probably the finest tribe of Indians in California. Ibid. 330/2 The Cahroc language, though rich in its vocabulary, is said to contain no expression for ‘virtue’. 1877Contrib. N. Amer. Ethnol. III. 32 The Karok language is said by those acquainted with it to be copious, sonorous, and rich in new combinations. 1903G. W. James Indian Basketry (ed. 3) 53 The Karoks (often spelled Cahrocs) are a fine, vigorous people. 1913[see Hokan]. 1921E. Sapir Lang. ix. 220 ‘Hokan’ languages (Shasta, Karok). 1940Oregon Guide 34 The southern part of Oregon was occupied by..two ‘spill-overs’ from California—the Shastas and Karoks. 1962J. J. Gumperz in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. (1968) 467 Certain Californian Indian tribes (the Yurok, Karok and Hupa). 1971Language XLVII. 830 The Karok shift suggests consonant frequency raising in addition to palatalization. |