Maquiritari

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish Maquiritare, said to be from an Arawakan language, with a meaning “people of the rivers, water people”.

Proper noun

Maquiritari

  1. A Cariban language of Venezuela.
    Synonyms: Ye'kwana, Ye'kuana, Yekuana, Maiongong

Noun

Maquiritari (plural Maquiritari)

  1. A speaker of Maquiritari or member of a Maquiritari-speaking tribe.
    Synonyms: Ye'kwana, Ye'kuana, Yekuana, Maiongong

References
  • Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 6

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