The story
- Catawba · borrowed fromye“people”
- English todayIswa
From the tribe's autonym, ye iswa (“people of the river”), from Catawba ye (“people”) + iswa (“river”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A Native American people who inhabit the Carolinas: the Catawba. Full definition →
From the tribe's autonym, ye iswa (“people of the river”), from Catawba ye (“people”) + iswa (“river”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.