"Cariban" meaning in English

See Cariban in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Carib + -an. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Carib|an}} Carib + -an Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Cariban (not comparable)
  1. 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. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Language families Related terms: Carib, Caribbean
    Sense id: en-Cariban-en-adj-w0Vzz8x9 Disambiguation of Language families: 70 5 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -an, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 7 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 62 8 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 67 5 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 3 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 2 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 69 6 25
  2. Of or relating to the peoples who speak these languages. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Cariban-en-adj-aPxuG64s
  3. Of or relating to the Carib people (in all senses, whether linguistically Cariban or Arawakan). Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Cariban-en-adj-kvLB1Aqd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Translations): Caribisch (Dutch)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 53 5 43
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      "word": "Caribisch"
    }
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