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单词 warao
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Waraon.adj.

Brit. /wəˈraʊ/, U.S. /wəˈraʊ/, Caribbean English /waˈraʊ/
Inflections: Plural unchanged, Waraos.
Forms: 1700s–1800s Worrow, 1800s Warow, 1800s– Guarao, 1800s– Warrau, 1800s– Warraw, 1900s– Warao, 1900s– Waroa.
Origin: A borrowing from Warao. Etymon: Warao Warao.
Etymology: < Warao Warao, self-designation ( < wa canoe + arao people).
A. n.
1. A member of an indigenous people inhabiting parts of Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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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
1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana iii. 253 There are only four Nations..with whom the Europeans have any intercourse; these are the Carribbees, the Accawaus, the Worrows, and the Arrowauks.
1807 H. Bolingbroke Voy. Demerary vii. 151 The Worrows principally inhabit the sea coast lying between the Demerary and Surinam.
1883 E. F. Im Thurn Among Indians of Guiana vi. 167 The Warraus are the shortest.
1910 Encycl. Brit. XII. 676/2 [British Guiana] The aborigines—Arawaks, Caribs, Wapisianas, Warraws, &c.—..are now estimated at about 6500.
1948 P. Kirchhoff in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians III. 869 The Warrau live in the intricate Delta of the Orinoco.
2014 C. Sørhaug in J. Steyn & N. Stamselberg Breaching Borders xi. 264 Most Warao stay at Cambalache for only a limited amount of time, arriving in canoes and camping by the riverside.
2. The language of the Warao.Generally believed to be a language isolate, with no recognized genealogical relationship to other language families.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > Paezan
Warao1862
1862 R. G. Latham Elements Compar. Philol. 493 (table) English. Man. Warow. níbúrú.
1883 Timehri 2 224 Another small [creek] called Hobima—which name in Warrau is said to mean ‘tiger-water’.
1965 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 31 106 Warao appears to have a large number of compounds.
2011 Nat. Lang. & Ling. Theory 29 424 Labial obstruents in Warao are variably voiced or voiceless.
B. adj.
Of, belonging to, or relating to the Warao or their language.
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1825 W. Hilhouse Indian Notices iv. 45 The Warow land of Pomeroon, and the coast lands of the whole Colony, are principally composed of an alluvial blue clay.
1965 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 31 106 The Warao text is divided into numbered sentences without any other punctuation.
1979 J. Halifax Shamanic Voices (1980) i. 28 The Warao shaman also believes the rattle to be the world axis.
2000 New Scientist 3 June 5/2 The launch area is part of the homeland of the Warao people, whose settlements date back 7000 years and are only now being excavated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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