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Arawakn.adj.  Brit.  /ˈarəwak/, /ˈarəwɑːk/, U.S. /ˈɛrəˌwɑk/, /ˈɛrəˌwæk/, Caribbean English /ˈaraˌwak/, /ˈarʌˌwak/Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish Aruacas. Etymology: < Spanish †Aruacas, plural noun, †aruaco, †arauaco, adjective (both mid 16th cent.; now arahuaco), of uncertain origin.In Arawak, the self-designation of the people was originally Lokono Lokono n., although they now also use Arhoaka . It has been suggested that the name of the people derived from Arawak arhoa jaguar, but it is also possible that it was originally formed in a neighbouring language. Compare also Aruacay , the name (in Spanish chronicles) of an important place in the lower Orinoco region (16th cent.). Compare French †Arouacas , plural noun (1660 or earlier), †Aroüaques , †Aroüagues , plural noun, †aroüague , adjective (all 1667 or earlier; now arawak , probably after English), Dutch Arowakken , Arawakken , plural noun (1599 as Arwackas , Arawaccas , or earlier), and (with the suffix -s -ish suffix1) arowaks, adjective (1770 as arowaksch, or earlier). Compare also post-classical Latin Aroaca (noun), found in the 16th cent. denoting a language then spoken in Trinidad. A. n.the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [noun] > Indians of South America 1596 L. Keymis sig. D2 That the Arwaccas should wholly possesse Trinidado, and the riuer side of Raleana. 1769 E. Bancroft iii. 253 The Arrowauks..are a friendly, hospitable people. 1851 R. G. Latham vi. 259 The Arawaks are our nearest neighbours, and, consequently, the most Europeanized. 1953 2 iv. 30 Possibly the Arawaks had maize. Their neighbours the Tainos of Hispaniola used maize, according to the early settlers there. 2002 3 Jan. (Prince George's Extra section) 22/3 A small number of Arawaks living in Guyana. 2. the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > Equatorial > Macro-Arawakan 1814 W. Brown II. App. iii. 634 Harmony of the Four Gospels in Arawack. 1868 W. H. Brett vi. 117 These names respectively signify in Arawâk, ‘the resorts of the Ituri’, [etc.]. 1997 P. Melville (1998) i. 56 Rosa remained sitting shyly on a bench sandwiched between several other women who spoke in Arawak. 1880 31 July 87/2 The language..of the women belongs to a wholly different family of speech—the Arawak. 2011 65 52/2 Of the three major language families..only Arawak and Carib have terms for Brazil nut that reconstruct to the respective proto-languages. B. adj.the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [adjective] > Indians of South America 1625 S. Purchas IV. vi. xvii. 1285 From thence to Shadden, an Arwacca Towne. 1769 E. Bancroft iii. 304 An Indian..of the Arrowauk tribe. 1910 No. 164. 11 Malanga is the Arawak name for taro. 1941 22 2 The Arawak languages are spoken over about the same regions as the Carib. 2001 (Nexis) 28 July Matta, an Arawak village of 400 people. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). <  n.adj.1596 |