Indian / Arawakan Languages
C.
CABECA, 8. A fine East Indian silk.
CACAO, s. The Chocolate tree; written, also, Coco.
CACIQUE, 8. An Indian chief, or magistrate.
CACTUS, s. A plant first found in the tropical latitudes of America.
CAINCA, s. A Brazilian shrub, yielding the caincic.
CAIMAN, 8. The name of the South American Indians for the crocodile or alligator.
CALUMET, s. A large Indian pipe for smoking tobacco, employed on ceremonial occasions.
CANIEU, s. A species of falcon; the war-eagle of the Algonquins.
CANELLA, s. A buff-colored bark, from the West Indies.
CANICA, s. A Cuban spice; a kind of cinnamon.
CANOE, s. An Indian light boat, which is generally made of the bark of the betula papyracea, by the northern tribes. The term is derived from the Carib.
CAOUTCHOUC, s. Gum-elastic, or India Rubber; the juice of a South American tree.
CARCAJO, s. A wolverine.
CARIBBEAN, adj. A geographical adjective.
CASSAVA, s. A South American plant; the manioc.
CHEMAN, s. A canoe. (Long's Expeditions.)
CHEMóCOMAN, s. The Indian name for an American.
CHICA, s. A fermented liquor made by the Peruvians from Indian corn.
CHOLULAN, ad. Relating to the pyramid of Cholula.
CHOCOLATE, s. A preparation from the cocoa-nut.
CHUNKYARD, s. An arena, or circus, in which prisoners were formerly burnt at the state, in the Creek nation. (C. Swan; Adair.)
CoCA, s. The Erythroxylon Cocas. A Peruvian shrub, the leaves of which are chewed by the natives. It is thought to resemble the betel nut of India. (Tschudi.)
CoCHINEAL, s. A Mexican insect, introduced into England about 1523, as a scarlet dye.
CoCo, s. The Chocolate nut and tree.
CONDOR, s. The great vulture of the Andes.
CoPAL, s. The inspissated juice of a Mexican tree; the rhus capellinum.
CoUGAR, 8. A catamount or panther.
D.
DEWAN, s. An East Indian officer of finance.
E.
EQUA, s. An Indian female. (Al. Res.)
G.
GUAIACUM, s. A medical substance, obtained from a tree in the West Indies.
GUANICO, s. A wool-bearing quadruped of the Andes. See LLAMA.
GUAVA, s. A jelly made from the fruit of the psidium pomiferum, of the West Indies.
H.
HHEVE, s. A Brazilian tree, yielding the caoutchouc.
HACKMATAC, 8. An American forest tree.
HoBoMoC, s. The name for an evil spirit by the early tribes of New England. (Miss Sedgwick.)
Hocco, s. A large bird, of black plumage, of the Orinoco. (Humboldt.)
I.
ILLINOIS, adj. A geographical adjective, of Indian origin; denotes the traits of a genus of Indian tribes residing in Upper Louisiana. It is founded on the term Illini.
INCA, s. An Indian emperor, king, or ruling chief of consolidated tribes.
INDIGo, s. A plant of the West and East Indies.
INDIAN, s. A native of North America; also an inhabitant of India.
INDIAN, adj. Like an Indian; of the nature or character of an Indian.
IROQUOIs, adj. A geographical adjective, of Indian origin, denoting a type of tribes
called the Six Nations. It is founded on the approbatory exclamations, “Yoel Hauh!”
ITASCAN, adj. Relative to the summit bearing Itasca Lake, in which the Mississippi
River rises.
J.
JAGUAR, s. A South American tiger.
JosSAKEED, s. An Indian prophet, or powwow. (Al. Res.)
K.
KINNIKINNIK, s. A plant used by the North American Indians as a substitute for tobacco; the uva ursi.
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KINTEKOY, s. A nocturnal feast, or orgie, of the ancient Manhattanese; a word often heard in the southern, or old counties of New York.
KLUNEóLUx, s. An evil spirit in the Iroquois pantheon. (Notes on the Iroquois.)
L.
LLAMA, s. A Peruvian quadruped.
M.
MACKAw, s. An ancient East Indian word, applied to a bird and a tree. (Worcester.)
MACHINATO, s. A term for the Great Evil Spirit. (Oneota; Elizabeth Oakes Smith.)
MAIZE, s, Indian corn. (From the Carib.)
MAMATWA, s. The cat-bird. (C. F. Hoffmann.)
MANITO, s. The Algonquin name for God.
MANIOC, s. An edible root, prepared and used as bread by the Brazilian Indians.
MANGo, s. A West Indian fruit.
MANITEE, s. The sea-cow.
MAHOGANY, s. A tree of tropical America.
MEDA, s. An Indian professor of mystical medicine. (Oneota.)
METASS, s. An Indian stocking, or leggin.
MExIC, adj. Relating to Mexico. (Mackenzie.)
MINgo, s. An Indian king, or chief, of highest authority.
MINK, s. An American water-rat.
MISSISSIPPIAN, adj. Of, or relating to the Mississippi River.
MIssourLAN, adj. Of, or relating to the Missouri River.
MoCCASIN, s. An Indian shoe.
MoCoc, s. An Indian box, or chest. (Al. Res.)
MoHoc, s. Dr. Johnson placed this word in his dictionary, to signify “a barbarous
Indian, or ruffian.”
MoHICANIC, adj. Relating to the people, or country, of the ancient Mahicans.