piwarin.

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed iii. xvi. 401 They have a drink of the root Cavain, which the Carmels call Piroa [Fr. Piroua].]

1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 278 The piworree is made from the bread of Cassava or Manioc.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 718/2 at Manihot Another of the products of Cassava is an intoxicating beverage called Piwarrie... It is made by the women, who chew Cassava cakes and throw the masticated material into a wooden bowl, where it is allowed to ferment for some days, and [is] then boiled.

1883 E. F. Im Thurn Among Indians of Guiana xv. 319 All the festivals among all the tribes being occasions for much drinking of paiwari—the national beverage—they may all be called Paiwari Feasts.

1934 E. Waugh Handful of Dust vi. 337 ‘They have been making piwari... You should try some.’.. Tony gulped the dark liquid, trying not to taste it. But it was not unpleasant, hard and muddy on the palate like most of the beverages he had been offered in Brazil, but with a flavour of honey and brown bread.

1964 V. G. C. Norwood Jungle Life in Guiana v. 108 Quantities of the three principal native beers or liquors brewed by forest Indians throughout Guiana: cashiri, yamanchi and paiwarrie.

2000 Associated Press Worldstream (Nexis) 26 Feb. The prince sipped alcoholic piwari, a drink made from cassava root, and tasted cassava bread and chips during the visit to Iwokrama.