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)