Miwok

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Miwok means "the people" in the native Utian language.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmiwɑk/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmiːwɒk/

Noun

Miwok (plural Miwoks or Miwok)

  1. A member of a linguistic group of indigenous people, native to central California.

Proper noun

Miwok

  1. The Utian (Penutian) languages spoken by these groups.

Quotations

  • 1925, Kroeber, Alfred, Handbook of Indians of California, Washington, D.C: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. (Chapter 30):
    The Miwok pound acorns with pestles []

Derived terms

References

  • 1925, Kroeber, Alfred L. Handbook of the Indians of California. Washington, D.C: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. (Chapter 30, The Miwok); available at Yosemite Online Library.
  • 1976, Cook, Sherburne, The Conflict Between the California Indian and White Civilization. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1976. →ISBN.
  • 2004/6, Access Genealogy.com, Indian Tribal records, Miwok Indian Tribe (Online).

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