Home › Words › N › nootkanootkanootka means the Nuu-chah-nulth language.EtymologyFrom Nootka nuutkaa (“go around”), a direction given to European explorers reaching Nootka Sound, subsequently misapplied to the location and group.nameThe Nuu-chah-nulth language.nounA member of the Nuu-chah-nulth people, an indigenous people from Vancouver Island, CanadaDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).