Arawak
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English
Etymology
From Kari'na Aruwako, from the name in Lokono.
Noun
Arawak (plural Arawaks or Arawak)
- A member of an Amerindian people who lived in the region of the Caribbean when the Spanish arrived in America.
- 2009 January 8, Thomas Streissguth, Suriname in Pictures, →ISBN, page 20:
- Another people, the Surinen, lived near the coast. Like the Arawaks and the Caribs, they had migrated northward into Suriname. The Arawak and Carib peoples greatly outnumbered the Surinen. The Surinen were disappearing by the late 1400s.
- A member of an Arawak indigenous group.
Translations
- Note: These may be translations for the plural.
people
Proper noun
Arawak
- A group of Amerindian languages spoken around the Caribbean.
- A Caribbean language belonging to this group.
Translations
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Adjective
Arawak (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the Arawak peoples
Translations
pertaining to the Arawak
See also
- Wiktionary's coverage of Lokono terms
Arawak language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Ethnologue entry for Arawak, arw
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.