Etymology

curiara

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Today it means: a dugout canoe used by indigenous people in South America Full definition →

Spanish curiara ← Cariban
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The story

  1. Cariban · derived from
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromcuriara
  3. English todaycuriara

Borrowed from Spanish curiara, itself borrowed from a Cariban language; compare Kari'na kurijara, Ye'kwana kudiyada.

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