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cariban

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
carib-an
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to languages of the Cariban family, a family of Amerindian languages spoken in northeastern South America, characterized by small phonemic inventories, split ergativity, broadly left-branching word order (SOV and OVS, with postpositions), portmanteau agreement, and marking of possession on the possessed noun.

adj

Of or relating to the peoples who speak these languages.

adj

Of or relating to the Carib people (in all senses, whether linguistically Cariban or Arawakan).

Etymology

From Carib + -an.

Frequently Paired Words

Carib Caribbean

Questions

What does cariban mean?
Of or relating to languages of the Cariban family, a family of Amerindian languages spoken in northeastern South America, characterized by small phonemic inventories, split ergativity, broadly left-branching word order (SOV and OVS, with postpositions), portmanteau agreement, and marking of possession on the possessed noun.
Where does cariban come from?
From Carib + -an.

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