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)

1. 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