The story
- xcm · borrowed fromklam kakáwa“dog raisers”
- English todayKarankawa
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”)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.