/keuh taw"beuh/ , n.
1. a Siouan language of North and South Carolina.
2. a river flowing from W North Carolina into South Carolina, where it becomes the Wateree River. Cf. Wateree .
3. Hort.
a. a reddish variety of grape.
b. the vine bearing this fruit, grown in the eastern U.S.
4. a light, dry, white wine made from this grape.
[ 1710-20, Amer.; appar. ult. yí ) kátapu a village name, lit., (people of) the fork; perh. via Shawnee kata·pa ]