Etymograph

English

Karankawa

Karankawa may come from Comecrudo klam kakáwa ‘dog raisers’.

  1. Comecrudomodernklam kakáwa‘dog raisers’literally ‘dog lovers’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayKarankawa

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Comecrudomodernklam kakáwa‘dog raisers’literally ‘dog lovers’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayKarankawa

The story

Albert S Gatschet proposed it is derived or directly borrowed from Comecrudo klam kakáwa (“dog raisers”, literally “dog lovers”), from klam (‘dog’) + kakáwa (“they love”, plural of kawa (‘to love, be fond of’)).

Every English word from Comecrudo klam kakáwa

Today it means

noun an Indigenous nation from modern southern Texas

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Comecrudo klam kakáwa / Karankawa

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