Yurok

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Etymology

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From 'leptoyhl / 'lep (hair), due to the Yurok belief that the sky is a face which expresses many emotions, with clouds as its hair.[1] Cognate to Wiyot laptóhw.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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leptenok

  1. cloud[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1982, in Approaches to Algonquian Archaeology (published by the University of Calgary Archaeological Association), page 199