Karankawan.adj.
/kəˈraŋkəwə/ A. n.
An Indian people of the Gulf coast of Texas; a member of this people; also, their language.
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Floridian1589
Chickasaw1674
Yamasee1699
Alabama1708
Natchez1708
Santee1709
Cherokee1721
Choctaw1722
Coushatta1722
Creek1725
Yuchi1738
Muskogee1751
Floridan1763
Muskogee1789
Mikasuki1791
Opelousa1805
Karankawa1806
Tunica1806
Melungeon1813
Alabamian1817
Ozark1819
Alabaman1829
the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > northern Amerindian > Hokan > Karankawan
Karankawa1806
Karankawan1891
1806 J. Sibley in Message from President of U.S., communicating Discoveries made in exploring the Missouri by Captains Lewis & Clark 72 Carankouas, live on an island, or peninsula, in the bay of St. Bernard.
1891 7th Ann. Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1885–6 82 (heading) Karankawan [linguistic] family. (text) The Karankawa formerly dwelt upon the Texan coast.
1907 F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians I. 657/1 Karankawa... The signification of the name has not been ascertained.
1948 True May 126/2 I hear the Carancahuas been putting on war paint down south of here.
1957 Encycl. Brit. XII. 203 B/2 (heading) Sapir arrangement (1929). (text) Coahuiltecan a. Tonkawa. b. Coahuilteco. c. Karankawa.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to this people.
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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of South-Eastern America > [adjective]
Cherokee1674
Chickasaw1726
Yamasee1741
Natchez1744
Alabama1775
Coushatta1775
Alabaman1818
Santee1833
Mobilian1840
Karankawa1852
Muskogee1891
Opelousa1911
1852 W. B. Dewees & ‘C. Cardelle’ Lett. from Early Settler Texas 30 During their absence the Carancoway Indians attacked the vessel.
1966 C. F. Voegelin & F. M. Voegelin Map N. Amer. Indian Lang. (caption) Language isolates and families with undetermined phylum affiliations... Karankawa Language Isolate.
Derivatives
Kaˈrankawan adj. and n.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective] > Hokan
Seri1829
Tonkawa1870
Tlapanec1875
Karankawan1891
Tequistlatecan1891
Yuman1891
Yahi1911
the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > northern Amerindian > Hokan > Karankawan
Karankawa1806
Karankawan1891
1891 [see sense A.].
1957 Encycl. Brit. XII. 203 a/1 Powell classification (1891)..Language family..Karankawan (Extinct).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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