Arawak

From Galibi Carib Aruwako, from the name in Arawak.

Arawak (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the Arawak peoples

Arawak (plural Arawaks or Arawak)

1. A member of an Amerindian people who lived in the region of the Caribbean when the Spanish arrived in America.
2. A member of an Arawak indigenous group.

• Note: These may be translations for the plural.

Arawak

1. A group of Amerindian languages spoken around the Caribbean.
2. A Caribbean language belonging to this group.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Arawak terms
• Arawak language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ethnologue entry for Arawak, arw ⁠

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

• Karawa