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单词 arawakan
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Arawakann.adj.

Brit. /ˌarəˈwak(ə)n/, /ˌarəˈwɑːk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌɛrəˈwɑkən/, /ˌɛrəˈwækən/, Caribbean English /ˌaraˈwakan/, /ˌarʌˈwakʌn/
Forms: 1500s Arwacan, 1500s Arawcan, 1800s Arrawakan, 1800s– Arawackan, 1800s– Arawakan, 1900s– Arowakan.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Arawak n., -an suffix.
Etymology: < Arawak n. + -an suffix.
A. n.
1. A member of a group of indigenous peoples inhabiting the Caribbean and northern South America. Cf. Arawak n. 1.
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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
1596 W. Raleigh Discoverie Guiana (new ed.) 39 This Arwacan promised to bring me into the great riuer of Orenoque.
1758 J. Barrow Naval Hist. Great Brit. I. ii. 188 They anchored under the island of Mocha, where they run a great risk of suffering from the Arawcans.
1910 Encycl. Brit. II. 322/2 The Arawakans were once numerous.
2013 Civilisations 61 22 The Arawakans of the Rio Negro and Guyana regions.
2. The Arawak language spoken by Lokono peoples; (also) a South American language family comprising a number of languages spoken across South America and the Caribbean, including Lokono, Taino, Wapishana, Wayuu, and Yucuna; = Arawak n. 2.The term Arawak is now preferred.The term Arawakan has also been used to refer to a posited macro-grouping of several language families, including Arawak (see e.g. quot. 1966). This macro-grouping is unsubstantiated and now discredited.
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1861 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1859–61 7 149 (table) Changes of the word head...Wa. SSijehe. Arawackan, S. A. [= South America].
1875 Amer. Cycl. X. 152/1 Caribbean languages: Caribbean and Arrawakan.
1932 W. L. Graff Lang. & Langs. xi. 431 Arawakan continued to be used only by the females and Carib by the males.
1966 Amer. Anthropologist 68 1579 The most recent attempt at subgrouping Arawakan.
1993 M. J. Plotkin Tales Shaman's Apprentice i. 11 Several major language groups, including Arawakan, Panoan, Tukanoan, Tupi-Guarani, and Carib.
B. adj.
Of or relating to Arawak peoples, the Arawak language of the Lokono, or the Arawak language family; = Arawak adj.For quot. 1966 and the discredited macro-grouping to which it refers see the note at sense A. 2.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the West Indies > [adjective] > other peoples of the West Indies
Arawakan1596
Akawaio1769
Taino1836
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
1596 W. Raleigh Discoverie Guiana (new ed.) 51 This Arwacan Pilot with the rest, fearing that we would haue eaten them..perswaded all the nations, that we were men eaters, and Canibals.
1899 A. H. Keane Man Past & Present xi. 417 The Arawakan groups of Venezuela and surrounding lands.
1966 Amer. Anthropologist 68 1580 Available data from Arawakan languages are mainly confined to unphonemicized word-lists.
1967 Caribbean Q. Sept. 45 Bimitti is the Arawakan term and tukusi its Carib counterpart.
2008 H. Courtz Carib Gram. & Dict. 1 Black Carib, an Arawakan language which shows signs of past contacts with speakers of Carib.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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