Bajaraque, a large house holding several hundred persons. From this comes Sp. _barraca_, Eng. _barracks_. Ar. _bajü_, a house. Bajari, title applied to sub-chiefs ruling villages, (Las Casas, Hist. Apol. cap. 120). Probably “house-ruler,” from Ar. _bajü_, house. Barbacoa, a loft for drying maize, (Oviedo, Hist. Gen. lib. VII, cap. 1). From this the English barbacue. Ar. _barrabakoa_, a place for storing provisions. Batay, a ball-ground; bates, the ball; batey, the game. (Las Casas, Hist. Apol. c. 204). Ar. _battatan_, to be round, spherical.[21] Batea, a trough. (Las Casas, Hist. Apol. c. 241.) Bejique, a priest. Ar. _piaye_, a priest. Bixa, an ointment. (Las Casas, Hist. Apol. cap. 241.) Cai, cayo, or cayco, an island. From this the Sp. _cayo_, Eng. _key_, in the “Florida keys.” Ar. _kairi_, an island. Caiman, an alligator, Ar. _kaiman_, an alligator, lit. to be strong. Caona or cáuni, gold. (Pet. Martyr, Decad. p. 26, Ed. Colon, 1564). Ar. _kaijaunan_, to be precious, costly. Caracol, a conch, a univalve shell. From this the Sp. _caracol_. (Richardo, Dicc. Provin. s. v). Probably from Galibi _caracoulis_, trifles, ornaments. (See Martius, Sprachenkunde, B. II, p. 332.) Caney or cansi, a house of conical shape. Canoa, a boat. From this Eng. _canoe_. Ar. _kannoa_, a boat. Casique, a chief. This word was afterwards applied by Spanish writers to the native rulers throughout the New World. Ar. _kassiquan_ (from _ussequa_, house), to have or own a house or houses; equivalent, therefore, to the Eng. landlord. Cimu or simu, the front, forehead; a beginning. (Pet. Martyr, Decad. p. 302.) Ar. _eme_ or _uime_, the mouth of a river, _uimelian_, to be new. Coaibai, the abode of the dead. Cohóba, the native name of tobacco. Conuco, a cultivated field. (Oviedo, Hist. Gen. lib. VII, cap. 2.) Duhos or duohos, low seats (unas baxas sillas, Las Casas, Hist. Gen. lib. I, cap[TN-7] 96. Oviedo, Hist. Gen. lib. V. cap. 1. Richardo, _sub voce_, by a careless reading of Oviedo says it means images). Ar. _dulluhu_ or _durruhu_, a seat, a bench. Goeiz, the spirit of the living (Pane, p. 444); probably a corruption of _Guayzas_. Ar. _akkuyaha_, the spirit of a living animal. Gua, a very frequent prefix: Peter Martyr says, “Est apud eos articulus et pauca sunt regum praecipue nominum quae non incipiant ab hoc articulo _gua_.” (Decad. p. 285.) Very many proper names in Cuba and Hayti still retain it. The modern Cubans pronounce it like the English w with the _spiritus lenis_. It is often written _oa_, _ua_, _oua_, and _hua_. It is not an article, but corresponds to the _ah_ in the Maya, and the _gue_ in the Tupi of Brazil, from which latter it is probably derived.[22] Guaca, a vault for storing provisions. Guacabiua, provisions for a journey, supplies. Guacamayo, a species of parrot, macrocercus tricolor. Guanara, a retired stop. (Pane, p. 444); a species of dove, columba zenaida (Richardo, S. V.)[TN-8] Guanin, an impure sort of gold.