Wai Wain.adj.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪ wʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈwaɪ ˌwaɪ/, Caribbean English /ˈwai ˌwai/, /ˈweː ˌweː/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, Wai Wais.

Forms: 1800s Woyawai, 1800s Woyowai, 1900s Wyowai, 1900s– Wai Wai, 1900s– Wai-Wai, 1900s– Waiwai.

Origin: Apparently of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Apparently reflecting an ethnonym of uncertain origin (see note); perhaps related to Wai Wai wewe wood (cognate with similar words in other Cariban languages), and now often associated (apparently by folk etymology) with the unrelated Wapishana word wai tapioca.The name was apparently uncommon except in European use until the mid 20th cent. It is unclear whether it was a originally a self-designation, but a Dutch report of 1721 mentions a village in the region, whose inhabitants called themselves Weij Weij.

A. n.

1. A member of an indigenous people inhabiting the upper reaches of the Essequibo and Mapuera rivers in Brazil, Guyana, and Suriname.

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the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [noun] > Indians of South America

Patagona1544

Mochica1581

Arawak1596

Arawakan1596

Tapuia1613

Quechua1688

Galibi1698

Abipon1717

Pehuenche1756

Patagonian1767

Amazonian Indian1769

Warao1769

Tehuelche1774

Abiponian1786

two-finger1796

Guarani1797

Shipibo1805

Araucanian1809

Tupinamba1810

Muisca1814

Pampas Indian1820

Guaycuru1822

Lengua1822

Fuegian1825

Wapishana1836

Wai Wai1840

Yucatec1843

Tupi1845

Tupi-Guarani1850

Amazonian1858

Aymara1860

Jivaro1862

Lokono1868

Quechuan1871

Yucatecan1871

Yunca1871

Mapuche1876

Chibcha1877

Ona1884

Yahgan1884

Terena1891

Xavante1904

urubu1948

Saramaccan1959

Yanomamö1965

Mochican1967

1840 R. H. Schomburgk Descr. Brit. Guiana i. 50 The Woyawais, a race who inhabit the regions between the head waters of the Essequibo and the affluents of the Amazons, number about 350.

1883 E. F. Im Thurn Among Indians of Guiana vi. 163 Omissions from the classification here suggested are the Maopitiyans, Tarumas, and Woyowais.

1958 N. Guppy Wai-Wai x. 162 Manatá says that he and ‘Sam’ are the only real Wai-Wais still living.

1986 New Yorker 24 Mar. 94/1 At the Oriximiná headquarters of some Catholic missionaries working with the Wai-Wai, we met a member of the tribe, a twenty-year-old named Rocinaldo.

2013 Human Ecol. 41 300/2 The work of the American-based Unevangelized Fields Mission..among the Wai Wai in the extreme south of Guyana and neighboring portions of Brazil.

2. The Carib language of the Wai Wai.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > other

Tehuelche1871

Zoque–Mixe1900

Panoan1902

Tehuelchian1902

Wai Wai1953

Amerind1971

1953 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 19 201/1 In Waiwai, verbs constitute a well defined distribution class distinct from other word classes.

1964 E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Translating x. 236 In Waiwai, a language of British Guiana, indirect quotation is preferable when the writer is understood not to have been present, direct quotation when he is presumed to have been at the scene.

2001 Language 77 362 The sketch demonstrates that Wai Wai is most closely related within Cariban to Hixkaryana but divergent enough to be considered a separate language.

B. adj.

Of, belonging to, or relating to the Wai Wai or their language.

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the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [adjective] > Indians of South America

Arawakan1596

Patagonian?1609

Arawak1625

Abiponian1786

Araucanian1809

Quechua1811

Muisca1814

Fuegian1825

Wapishana1836

Wai Wai1840

Pehuenche1843

Quechuan1862

Incarial1863

Mochica1871

Yucatecan1871

Shipibo1875

Yucatec1875

Incaean1880

Incan1885

Guaycuru1891

Jivaroan1902

Tehuelchian1902

Tupian1902

Xavante1904

Incarian1909

Abipon1912

Incaic1926

Lokono1953

Mochican1953

Saramaccan1959

Mapuche1961

Yahgan1961

Yanomamö1967

urubu1983

1840 R. H. Schomburgk in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 10 169 We marched 16 miles in a nearly S[outh] direction, through swampy ground,..to a Woyawai settlement.

1927 Anthropos 22 648 An English-Waiwai vocabulary of 150 words is added.

1971 Advocate-News (Barbados) 17 Sept. (Guyana Suppl.) p. v (caption) These are members of the Wai Wai tribe of remote Kanoshen beyond the Acarai Mountains. Their ancestors were the original people of Guyana.

2019 @discoverguyana 31 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 8 Dec. 2020) The Wai Wai Indigenous People are the custodians of the land.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wai wai
释义	Wai Wain.adj. Brit. /ˈwʌɪ wʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈwaɪ ˌwaɪ/, Caribbean English /ˈwai ˌwai/, /ˈweː ˌweː/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, Wai Wais. Forms: 1800s Woyawai, 1800s Woyowai, 1900s Wyowai, 1900s– Wai Wai, 1900s– Wai-Wai, 1900s– Waiwai. Origin: Apparently of uncertain origin. Etymology: Apparently reflecting an ethnonym of uncertain origin (see note); perhaps related to Wai Wai wewe wood (cognate with similar words in other Cariban languages), and now often associated (apparently by folk etymology) with the unrelated Wapishana word wai tapioca.The name was apparently uncommon except in European use until the mid 20th cent. It is unclear whether it was a originally a self-designation, but a Dutch report of 1721 mentions a village in the region, whose inhabitants called themselves Weij Weij. A. n. 1. A member of an indigenous people inhabiting the upper reaches of the Essequibo and Mapuera rivers in Brazil, Guyana, and Suriname. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [noun] > Indians of South America Patagona1544 Mochica1581 Arawak1596 Arawakan1596 Tapuia1613 Quechua1688 Galibi1698 Abipon1717 Pehuenche1756 Patagonian1767 Amazonian Indian1769 Warao1769 Tehuelche1774 Abiponian1786 two-finger1796 Guarani1797 Shipibo1805 Araucanian1809 Tupinamba1810 Muisca1814 Pampas Indian1820 Guaycuru1822 Lengua1822 Fuegian1825 Wapishana1836 Wai Wai1840 Yucatec1843 Tupi1845 Tupi-Guarani1850 Amazonian1858 Aymara1860 Jivaro1862 Lokono1868 Quechuan1871 Yucatecan1871 Yunca1871 Mapuche1876 Chibcha1877 Ona1884 Yahgan1884 Terena1891 Xavante1904 urubu1948 Saramaccan1959 Yanomamö1965 Mochican1967 1840 R. H. Schomburgk Descr. Brit. Guiana i. 50 The Woyawais, a race who inhabit the regions between the head waters of the Essequibo and the affluents of the Amazons, number about 350. 1883 E. F. Im Thurn Among Indians of Guiana vi. 163 Omissions from the classification here suggested are the Maopitiyans, Tarumas, and Woyowais. 1958 N. Guppy Wai-Wai x. 162 Manatá says that he and ‘Sam’ are the only real Wai-Wais still living. 1986 New Yorker 24 Mar. 94/1 At the Oriximiná headquarters of some Catholic missionaries working with the Wai-Wai, we met a member of the tribe, a twenty-year-old named Rocinaldo. 2013 Human Ecol. 41 300/2 The work of the American-based Unevangelized Fields Mission..among the Wai Wai in the extreme south of Guyana and neighboring portions of Brazil. 2. The Carib language of the Wai Wai. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > other Tehuelche1871 Zoque–Mixe1900 Panoan1902 Tehuelchian1902 Wai Wai1953 Amerind1971 1953 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 19 201/1 In Waiwai, verbs constitute a well defined distribution class distinct from other word classes. 1964 E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Translating x. 236 In Waiwai, a language of British Guiana, indirect quotation is preferable when the writer is understood not to have been present, direct quotation when he is presumed to have been at the scene. 2001 Language 77 362 The sketch demonstrates that Wai Wai is most closely related within Cariban to Hixkaryana but divergent enough to be considered a separate language. B. adj. Of, belonging to, or relating to the Wai Wai or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [adjective] > Indians of South America Arawakan1596 Patagonian?1609 Arawak1625 Abiponian1786 Araucanian1809 Quechua1811 Muisca1814 Fuegian1825 Wapishana1836 Wai Wai1840 Pehuenche1843 Quechuan1862 Incarial1863 Mochica1871 Yucatecan1871 Shipibo1875 Yucatec1875 Incaean1880 Incan1885 Guaycuru1891 Jivaroan1902 Tehuelchian1902 Tupian1902 Xavante1904 Incarian1909 Abipon1912 Incaic1926 Lokono1953 Mochican1953 Saramaccan1959 Mapuche1961 Yahgan1961 Yanomamö1967 urubu1983 1840 R. H. Schomburgk in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 10 169 We marched 16 miles in a nearly S[outh] direction, through swampy ground,..to a Woyawai settlement. 1927 Anthropos 22 648 An English-Waiwai vocabulary of 150 words is added. 1971 Advocate-News (Barbados) 17 Sept. (Guyana Suppl.) p. v (caption) These are members of the Wai Wai tribe of remote Kanoshen beyond the Acarai Mountains. Their ancestors were the original people of Guyana. 2019 @discoverguyana 31 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 8 Dec. 2020) The Wai Wai Indigenous People are the custodians of the land. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1840
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