What was the meaning of the Arawak word Tainos?
What was the meaning of the Arawak word Tainos? human being The region takes its name from the indigenous people called in English Carib, from Spanish caribe, which comes from a word in the Arawakan language group (probably Taino) meaning human being. Are Caribs Tainos? Modern historians, linguists and anthropologists now hold that the term Taíno should refer to all the Taíno/Arawak tribes except for the Caribs, who are not seen to belong to the same people. What is the name of the Arawak House? Traditional Arawak houses were simple thatch huts. Arawak people live in a very warm climate,...