|arə|wä noun
( plural arauá or arauás )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Spanish araua, arauá, aragua, of American Indian origin
1.
a. : a group of Indian peoples of western Brazil
b. : a member of one of these peoples
2. : the language of the Arauá people considered by some Americanists to constitute an independent language family and by others to be a branch of Arawakan