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‖ paiwari|paɪˈwɒrɪ|
Forms: 8 piworree, 9 -ie; piwaree, -i; -warry, -i, -ie; paiwari.
[Carib of Guyana.]
An intoxicating beverage prepared from cassava, used by the Indians of Guyana. Cf. cassiri. Also attrib., as paiwari-drinking, paiwari-feast, paiwari-trough.
[1660F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 401 They have a drink of the root Cavain, which the Carmels call Piroa.] 1769E. Bancroft Guiana 278 The piworree is made from the bread of Cassava or Manioc. 1866Treas. Bot. s.v. Manihot, Another of the products of Cassava is an intoxicating beverage called Piwarrie... It is made by the women, who chew Cassava cakes and throw the masticated material into a wooden bowl, where it is allowed to ferment for some days, and [is] then boiled. 1868W. H. Brett Indian Tribes of Guiana i. ix. 155 After a few lashes, they drank paiwari together, and returned to the main body of the dancers. 1880Brett Leg. & Myths Guiana 102 A large canoe is brought on shore And with paiwari running o'er. 1883E. F. Im Thurn Among Indians of Guiana xv. 319 All the festivals among all the tribes being occasions for much drinking of paiwari—the national beverage—they may all be called Paiwari Feasts. 1934E. Waugh Handful of Dust vi. 337 ‘They have been making piwari... You should try some.’.. Tony gulped the dark liquid, trying not to taste it. But it was not unpleasant, hard and muddy on the palate like most of the beverages he had been offered in Brazil, but with a flavour of honey and brown bread. 1938Amer. Anthropologist XL. 228 Another method of manufacturing alcoholic beverages in South America was to ferment the starchy juice of the pressed or chewed cassava (Jatropha manihot)... It was called paiwari or paiva in British Guiana,..cachiri among the Roucouyenne, and cauim or pajuarú among the aborigines of Brazil. 1958H. G. de Lisser Arawak Girl v. 50 Francisco had been drinking much piwari. 1964V. G. C. Norwood Jungle Life in Guiana v. 108 Quantities of the three principal native beers or liquors brewed by forest Indians throughout Guiana: cashiri, yamanchi and paiwarrie. |