John Ax—see Itaguʻnahi.
Jolly, John—see Anuʻludeʻgi.
Junaluska—see Tsunuʻlahunʻski.
Jutaculla—see Tsulkaluʻ.
kaʻguʻ—crow; the name is an onomatope.
Kagunʻyi—“Crow place,” from kaʻguʻ, and yi, locative.
kaʻi—grease, oil.
Kalaʻasunʻyi—“where he fell off,” from tsilaʻaskuʻ, “I am falling off,” and yi, locative. A cliff near Cold Spring knob, in Swain county, North Carolina.
Kaʻlahuʻ—“All-bones,” from kaʻlu, bone. A former chief of the East Cherokee, also known in the tribe as Sawanuʻgi.
Kaʻlanu—“The Raven”; the name was used as a war title in the tribe and appears in the old documents as Corani (Lower dialect, Kaʻranu) Colonneh, Colona, etc. It is the Cherokee name for General Samuel Houston or for any person named Houston.