Koyukon
[ koi-yoo-kon, kah- ]
/ ˌkɔɪ yuˈkɒn, ˌkɑ- /
noun
a member of a North American Indian people living in the Yukon River valley in west-central Alaska.
the Athabaskan language of the Koyukon.
Also called
Tena.
Origin of Koyukon
respelling, after the
Koyukuk and
Yukon Rivers, of earlier
Co-Youkon < Russian
kuyukantsy (plural), derivative of
Kuyukak the Koyukuk River ≪ Inupiaq
kuiyuk