Maquiritari

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Maquiritari

  1. Synonym of Ye'kwana (“Cariban language”).

Noun

Maquiritari (plural Maquiritaris or Maquiritari)

  1. Synonym of Ye'kwana.

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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