nootka

noun, plural Noot·kas, (especially collectively) Noot·ka for 2.

1. a Wakashan language spoken in SW Canada on the western coast of Vancouver Island.
2. a member of an Indian people of Washington and Vancouver Island speaking this language.

noun

1. plural -ka or -kas a member of a North American Indian people living in British Columbia and Vancouver Island
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Wakashan family