n.
Pronunciation: ' a-r ə - ˌ wäk, - ˌ wak
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Arawak or Arawaks
Etymology: earlier Arwaca, Aroaca, an Arawak subgroup of 16th century Trinidad, perhaps from an Arawak name for the subgroup
Date: 1769
1 : a member of an Indian people of the Arawakan group now living chiefly along the coast of Guyana
2 : the language of the Arawak people