Guaycurun.adj.
/ˌɡwʌɪkʊˈruː/ A. n.
a. (A member of) a South American people inhabiting the Gran Chaco area of Paraguay.
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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
1822 S. Coleridge tr. Dobrizhoffer's Acct. Abipones I. 125 The equestrian nations remaining in Chaco, and still formidable to the Spaniards, are the Abipones,..and Oekakakalots, Guaycurus, or Lenguas.
1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 225/2 The northern frontier however is not exactly determined, as the greater part of it is still in the possession of two independent tribes of natives, the Mbayás and Guaycurús.
1896 H. H. Giglioli in Nature 9 Apr. 546/2 The Caduveos are known also under the names of Mbayas and Guaycurù; this last is erroneous, it is the Guarany for ‘savage’.
b. Their language; hence, the family of languages spoken in central South America by the Guaycuru and other peoples.
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Guaycuru1950
1950 J. A. Mason in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians VI. 204 Guaicurú was an important linguistic family of the Chaco region, but most of the languages are now extinct, and the surviving groups reduced to three or four with relatively few speakers.
1987 M. Ruhlen Guide World's Langs. I. 375 Guaicuruan..: †Abipon, Kadiweu, †Guaicuru, [etc.].
B. adj.
attributive or as adj.
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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
the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective] > Guaycuruan
Guaycuru1891
Guaycuruan1902
1891 D. G. Brinton Amer. Race 244 The Terenos..are members of the Guaycuru stock of the Chaco.
1946 A. Métraux in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians I. 201 Concepción, founded in 1585 on the Bermejo River in the very heart of the Chaco among the warlike Frentones or Guaicurú tribes, was for 50 years a military base.
1949 H. G. Warren Paraguay iv. 57 Guaycurú chieftains sued for peace soon after Cabeza de Vaca returned to Asunción.
Derivatives
Guaycuˈruan n. and adj. (of) the Guaycuru family of languages.
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Guaycuru1891
Guaycuruan1902
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 374/1 Linguistic families in America... Guaycuruan, Paraguay R.
1946 A. Métraux in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians I. 312 The most bellicose were the members of the Guaicuruan family.
1946 A. Métraux in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians I. 312 Chance alone does not account for the fact that all the horsemen of the Chaco were Guaicuruan-speaking Indians.
1987 [see sense A. b]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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