kadaiwa

Ye'kwana

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Tupi karaíba (“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 karaiwa (“Brazilian”), Macushi, Arutani, Xiriâna, and Trió karaiwa (“white person”), Yucuna karíwa, Wapishana kaɽaiwa (“Brazilian”), Ninam and Yanomam kraiwa (“white person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaɾ̠ajwa]

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.