kadaiwa

Maquiritari

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Tupi kaɾaíba (“great shaman, thaumaturge; later also European, Portuguese”). From the same source compare Taíno caraiba, Maku kalawa, kalamana (“white”), Guinau Baré kalaíua (“Brazilian”), Marawa Baré karaiua (“white person”), Pemon kaɾaiwa (“Brazilian”), Macushi and Arutani kaɾaiwa (“white person”), Yucuna karíwa, Wapishana kaɽaiwa (“Brazilian”), Xiriâna and Trió karaiwa (“white person”), Ninam and Yanomámi kraiwa (“white person”).

Noun

kadaiwa

  1. non-indigenous Brazilian

References
  • Heinen, H. Dieter (1992) “The early colonization of the Lower Orinoco and its impact on present day indigenous peoples” in Antropologica 78, pages 51–86.
  • Rogers, Chris (2020) “kalawa” in Máku: A Comprehensive Grammar.
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