54 Timehri. 
To primitive man the fire or hearth is of the greatest importance, no doubt the 
first sheds were as much to protect the fire as a shelter for their inmates. It is 
not easy to kindle a fire from two sticks, especially in very wet weather, therefore 
the fire-place must be protected. The Arawak name for fire is Ahpo and we 
have the rivers Aping, Apoacka, and Appapara ; Apparoo is cooked food. The 
pot is placed on thre stones, the fire stones or house stones of Essequebo. 
Issequa is the root word of house but the Arawaks always connect the pro- 
noun to make up the word. It is not a house, but my, his, our or their 
house, hence Dessekebe, my house or fire stones ; this was the more common way 
of spelling in early times. Creek names from the house are Issequia and Isoory. 
The more common name for house is benab or benaboo; this refers to the 
covering of palm-thatch and is derived from abanna meaning generally leaves, 
cultivated plants and dense foliage. Abunnun kali is the cassava plant and 
aburukunnua, falling leaves. Creek names from abanna are Abanakire, Aben- 
ackarie and Aburakuni, also Ibanaqua and Ibanacoa ; Dalibanna is the well- 
known palm. The Warraw name for house is hunouca, hence perhaps 
Hanoocacabra, and the Carib tabiala, hence Tabiana, Tabela, and perhaps 
Tapacooma and Tawi-iquia. A temporary shelter is tubannabu, hence our 
banaboo. 
The staff of life is of course cassava, hence the names Cassairiba and Crush- 
waya ; a bit of bread, kallikan gives us Calicaboora and bodalli, the cassava 
slab, Bodalliwalla. Beltiri gives us the Acawois Sayourak-paru. Maize is anay, 
hence Annai, Hannaita, Hannawohe and perhaps Hainana. The buck-pot is 
dawada, hence Dodowina, the basket gives us from catauri, Quitaro and Couter- 
bisce, with Coutebanna the material for making it. Wababo, the bow, gives 
Hobabo, and simara, an arrow, Simerao, Simire and Shim-cano or Shimkuna ; 
the cano being Spanish fora channel. The arrow cane is ourah, hence Oromong ; 
oureba the Acawoio for bow, Oureba and Ourebya, and ourali, arrow poison, 
Yuruari, Yuruan and Aruan. A fish hook, buddehi, gives Boodooda ; the wood 
for a corial Corahuri and Coriaracury, paddle-wood masara and itsha, Masaruni 
and Ishtihanna. 
Game animals are represented by cama, the tapir, in Camoa, Camouni and 
Coamma ; the capybara by Cabywa and Cabeparu, perhaps also, from the 
Macusi paro-oi, Puruni. Deer of two kinds give Sarabaro and Wiribiserecanally 
labba, Labacabra; acouri, Kulero, Kularo and Luri; peccary, Abooydary ; 
ant-bear, (bereme) Barima, Barama and Baramoor ; red howling monkey, Aruta, 
Ituribisce and Itury-cayabba ; coatimondi, Kibiliberi Iwannabanna probably 
means trees where Iguana were found. 
Bees and honey give Mappa and Mapenna and the Wapisiano Kainibea. 
Dangerous or disagreeable animals are, aroa, the Jaguar,in A* oabisce, Aroacary, 
ete. ; kaicuchi and yacouri (Acawoio) the Cayman, Caycootie and Kycutchicabra, 
and Yacouribaro and Yakire; the camoudi, Camoudicaboura ; noxious flies 
Were-weri, Ganguk and Mabooroo ; and ants Curabellicabra. 
Birds give many names; Warracabba from the trumpeter, Mambacea, 
Mamacabra and Mamacaboora from the Maam, Mahaica and Mahaicony from 
Mahooka, the horned screamer, Moroko from Moroqui the negro-cop, Anora, the 
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