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kana:wa
Arawakan (Taíno) · pre-1500s
"dugout boat"
described the dugout boats used across the Caribbean
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canoa
Spanish · c. 1500s
"dugout boat"
recorded by Columbus's crew as a native Caribbean word
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canoe
English · c. 1550s
"a small narrow boat"
adopted from Spanish accounts of the New World
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