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Jivaro|ˈhiːvərəʊ|
[ad. Sp. jíbaro, f. a native name.]
An Indian people of Ecuador and Peru; a member of this people; also, the language of this people or a group of related languages of which this is the principal. Also attrib. or as adj. So ˈJivaran, Jivaˈroan adjs.
1862Intellectual Observer Mar. 134 On the eastern side of the Republic of Ecuador..live a tribe of Indians called Jivaros. Ibid. 135 It is in the forests among these rivers that the Jívaro Indians now make their homes. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXV. 374/1 The families of..South America are..Jivaroan, [etc.]. 1927K. G. Grubb Lowland Indians of Amazonia v. 77 The Jivaro live in communal houses divided into numerous sub-tribes. Ibid., The Jivaro language has been attested by a variety of documents. 1934Webster, Jivaran. 1957Encycl. Brit. VII. 941/1 The Cayapa-Colorados and the Jivaro [languages] still survive owing to their existence in inaccessible regions. Ibid. XIII. 69/2 Jivaran, an independent linguistic stock of South American Indians, so called from the best known tribe, the Jivaros. The Jivaran tribes live in eastern Ecuador and the adjacent portions of Peru. 1962N. Maxwell Witch-Doctor's Apprentice i. 3 That was my first long jungle trip and I was lucky enough to get to a tribe of Jívaros who had never seen a white woman before. 1969Times 24 Jan. 6/7 Jivaro give the seeds to refractory children so that during their visions the ancestral spirits may come to admonish them. |