Associations to the word «Arawakan»

Wiktionary

ARAWAKAN, adjective. (linguistics) Of or relating to a language family that developed among ancient indigenous peoples in South America and migrated to Central America and the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean and the Atlantic, including what is now the Bahamas.

Dictionary definition

ARAWAKAN, noun. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
ARAWAKAN, noun. A family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America.
ARAWAKAN, adjective. Of or relating to the peoples who speak the language of the Arawak.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca