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noun
an Indigenous nation from modern southern Texas
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
a linguistic group from the same origin
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noun
a member of such nation or group
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noun
the language of that people
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Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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History
Uncertain. 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”)).
Across languages
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