Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A language family comprising the Carib languages.
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- adjective Of, or pertaining to languages of the Cariban family.
- adjective Relating to the
Carib peoples.
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Examples
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In case you're interested, peccary is in the words of Webster's Third New International "of Cariban origin; akin to Chayma paquera, Apalai pakira."
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Central America, and the West Indies were about twenty-five in number, as given below, those marked with an asterisk being also extra-limital: * Athapascan (Chihuahua etc.); * Cariban (Honduras and the islands); Chiapanecan (Oaxaca); Huavean (Oaxaca); Lencan
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Practically the whole of the West Indies were occupied by tribes of two linguistic stocks, the earlier of the Arawakan origin, the more recent being Cariban invaders from the northern coast of South
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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A formerly important tribe of Cariban linguistic stock occupying the territory about the Cuchivero River, a tributary of the lower
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Webster 3 says it is "of Cariban origin akin to Galibi tumali sauce of lobster and crab livers."
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Cariban: spoken by a group of peoples of northern South America, the Lesser Antilles and the Caribbean coast of Honduras, Guatemala, and British Honduras.
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(Galibi) reptiles: arrau (Maipure), jacare (Tupí), matamata (Tupí) insects: chigoe (Cariban), sauba (Tupi), pinacate (Nahuatl) beverages: cassiri (Carib), guarana (Tupí), sotol (Nahuatl)
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Pian (Tupí-Guaraní) and yaws (Cariban) are names of diseases; mitote (Nahuatl), paixtle (Nahuatl), and rutuburi (Tarahumara) are names of dances; and hurricane
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The top spot is taken by tania, a plant name which entered English via French (the origin is obscure; it may be Arawakan, Cariban, or Tupí, for which MW3 also gives the variants tanier, tannier, tannia, tanya, and tanyah.
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