Arawak

[ ar-uh-wahk, -wak ]

/ ˈær əˌwɑk, -ˌwæk /

a member of an Indian people once widespread in the Antilles but now confined to northeastern South America.

the language of the Arawaks.

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

anchorite

I have stated that I am doubtful as to whether totemism exists in Arawak.
Werwolves|Elliott O'Donnell
An Arawak term for house, referring specifically to a dwelling with an open shed attached.
Original Narratives of Early American History|Vaca and Others
No longer was it the gentle Arawak whom they encountered, but the ferocious cannibal.
The West Indies and the Spanish Main [1899]|James Rodway
If the Arawak was impatient of control, the Carib was even more independent.
The West Indies and the Spanish Main [1899]|James Rodway

His women had provision grounds like those of the Arawak, possibly because they came from that stock.
The West Indies and the Spanish Main [1899]|James Rodway