kus sarak

Catawba

Etymology

kus (“corn”) + sarak (“grass”)

Noun

kus sarak

  1. wheat

Derived terms
  • kus sarak taktce, kus sarak taktcire (“rice”, literally “white wheat”)

References
  • 1900, Albert S. Gatschet, Grammatic Sketch of the Catawba Language (published in the American Anthropologist)
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