Cherokee term for 'china clay'

[Rory M Larson]

Alfred wrote:
> My guess is that this 'southern Chinese' u(k)na(ke) has nothing to do
with the American term 'unaker' (in the the sense that coincidentally
both terms are just - moreorless - similar in sound).

Alfred, before we write these words off as coincidence, can we confirm that
the southern Chinese u(k)na(ke) word existed prior to the Ming naval
expeditions?  (Just to make sure that the borrowing was not in the other
direction.)

Rory