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Sauk
name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The lect (variously considered a language or a member of a group of dialects) spoken by these people.
Noun
- 1 A member of a certain tribe or group of Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands culture group.
- 2 a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From French Saki, from Fox Thâkîwa, itself from athâwâwi (“yellow”) + neniwa (“man”).
Etymology 2
From French Saki, from Fox Thâkîwa, itself from athâwâwi (“yellow”) + neniwa (“man”).
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