Language of the Voiceless: Traces of Taino Language, Food, and Culture in the Americas From 1492 to the Present

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P a g e | 101 Other Primary Sources mentions of the possible origin of the word bejuco: a)—Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo La Historia Natural y General de las Indias: Pared atañías muy bien con bexucos, que son unas venas ó correas redondas que se crian revueltas á los árboles también colgando dcllos como la correhuela: los (piales bexucos son muy buena atadura, porque son flexibiles é taxables, é no se pudren, é sirven de clavason é ligason en lugar de cuerdas y ile clavos para atar un madero con otro, é para atar las cañas assi mismo. El buhio ó casa de tal manera es hecho. 147 In the above quote, Fernandez de Oviedo places the word bexuco in the premainland historical context. He also spells the word closer to the Arawak phonetics and describes how it was harvested and used in buhío > ‘house’ construction due to its flexibility. Here, Oviedo states that “this type of liana was very good for tying timber instead of using nails”. However, it is in the quote below were we see other applications of the bejuco as part of Taino culture: […] ni pudieron mover de aquel lugar los indios, aunque la quisieron arrancar, tirando della con cuerdas de bexucos mucha cantidad de indios; de lo qual espantados ellos la dexaron estar donde agora está, como avisados de arriba ó del cielo de su deydad. Y como cosa sancta ellos de mucha admiración 148 . With this description of a great number of Taino using bexucos to tear down a cross that the Spanish had planted on a mountain, Oviedo illustrate the diverse use of this liana in Taino culture. Moreover, the quote also illustrates a possible culture of cooperation among the Taino. 147 (Fernanadez de Oviedo, 1535 - 1557, p. 164) 148 (Fernanadez de Oviedo, 1535 - 1557)
P a g e | 102 However, what is important is that this word is Taino both etymologically and historically. Its use by Bernal Diaz is yet another illustration of the familiarity of the writer with Taino culture and language, the language that became the source of the vocabulary of New Spain and of the subsequent conquest of the rest of the Continent. Chapter IX, page 48 Y a esta causa estaban muy ufanos y argullosos, y bien armados a su usanza, que son arcos, flechas, lanzas tan largas como las nuestras y otras menores, y rodelas y macanas y espadas como de a dos manos, y piedras y hondas y armas de algodón, y trompetillas y atambores. The next Taino word in the sequence of the text is macana > ‘baton’, ‘club’. The Taino etymology of this word was already analyzed in page 41 of this study. However, before continuing, it is important to clarify that although there is a phonetically analogous voice in Nahuatl for macana, the similarities in the phonetics appear to be strictly coincidental. Whereas in Taino macana is used to describe a blunt object, in Nahuatl the term macuahitl is closer to a lance or a sword used for slicing and cutting during battle. This differentiation happens due to the incorporation of sharp obsidian bladelets along the cutting edges of the macuahuitl version of the weapon. This word was easily incorporated into the pre-mainland Spanish, and like many of its homologues, quickly overpowered the native terms across the continent. Number of mentions of the word macana in The True History of the Conquest of New Spain including the cross reference of the three manuscripts:
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