Opia, the spirit of the dead (Pane, pp. 443, 444). Ar. _aparrün_ to kill, _apparahun_ dead, _lupparrükittoa_ he is dead. Quisquéia, a native name of Haiti; “vastitas et universus ac totus. Uti Græci suum Panem,” says Pet. Martyr (Decad. p. 279). “Madre de las tierras,” Valverde translates it (_Idea del valor de la Isla Espanola_, Introd. p. xviii). The orthography is evidently very false. Sabana, a plain covered with grass without trees (terrano llano, Oviedo, Hist. Gen. lib. vi. cap. 8). From this the Sp. _savana_, Eng. _savannah_. Charlevoix, on the authority of Mariana, says it is an ancient Gothic word (Histoire de l’Isle St. Domingue, i. p. 53). But it is probably from the Ar. _sallaban_, smooth, level. Semi, the divinities worshipped by the natives (“Lo mismo que nosotros llamamos Diablo,” Oviedo, Hist. Gen. lib. v. cap. 1. Not evil spirits only, but all spirits). Ar. _semeti_ sorcerers, diviners, priests. Siba, a stone. Ar. _siba_, a stone. Starei, shining, glowing (relucens, Pet. Martyr, Decad. p. 304). Ar. _terén_ to be hot, glowing, _terehü_ heat. Tabaco, the pipe used in smoking the cohoba. This word has been applied in all European languages to the plant nicotiana tabacum itself. Taita, father (Richardo). Ar. _itta_ father, _daitta_ or _datti_ my father. Taguáguas, ornaments for the ears hammered from native gold (Las Casas, Hist. Apol. cap. 199). Tuob, gold, probably akin to _hobin_, q. v. Turey, heaven. Idols were called “cosas de _turey_” (Navarrete, Viages, Tom. i. p. 221). Probably akin to _starei_, q. v. The following numerals are given by Las Casas (Hist. Apol. cap. 204). 1 hequeti. Ar. _hürketai_, that is one, from _hürkün_ to be single or alone. 2 yamosa. Ar. _biama_, two. 3 canocum. Ar. _kannikún_, many, a large number, _kannikukade_, he has many things. 4 yamoncobre, evidently formed from yamosa, as Ar. _bibiti_, four, from _biama_, two. The other numerals Las Casas had unfortunately forgotten, but he says they counted by hands and feet, just as the Arawacks do to this day.