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benab|ˈbɛnæb|
Also benaboo.
[Arawak (u)bannabuhu.]
In Guyana, a shelter made of a framework of poles, covered with branches and leaves.
1867W. T. Veness El Dorado 141 ‘Buck Houses’, or models of the huts of the Indians of British Guiana, containing in miniature all the articles usually found in Indian ‘benaboos’. 1875― Mission Life Brit. Guiana ii. 21 They [sc. the Indians] have no burying ground, the grave is always made in the benab occupied by him during his lifetime. 1899Rodway Guiana Wilds 251 The benab was the property of the Mission, and had been put up for the accommodation of visitors. 1922Blackw. Mag. July 10/1 There are Indian benabs, close by in the forest. 1959P. Capon Amongst those Missing 159 Women sat outside the benabs, suckling babies and grinding cassava. |