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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. Guaoxeri, a term applied to the lowest class of the inhabitants (Las Casas, Hist. Apol. cap. 197.) Ar. _wakaijaru_, worthless, dirty, _wakaijatti lihi_, a worthless fellow. Guatiao, friend, companion (Richardo). Ar. _ahati_, companion, playmate. Guayzas, masks or figures (Las Casas, Hist. Apol. cap. 61). Ar. _akkuyaha_, living beings. Haba, a basket (Las Casas, Hist. Gen. lib. III, cap. 21). Ar. _habba_, a basket. Haiti, stony, rocky, rough (Pet. Martyr, Decades). Ar. _aessi_ or _aetti_, a stone. Hamaca, a bed, hammock. Ar. _hamaha_, a bed, hammock. Hico, a rope, ropes (Oviedo, Hist. Gen. lib. V, cap. 2). Hobin, gold, brass, any reddish metal. (Navarrete Viages, I, p. 134, Pet. Martyr, Dec. p. 303). Ar. _hobin_, red. Huiho, height. (Pet. Martyr, p. 304). Ar. _aijumuen_, above, high up. Huracan, a hurricane. From this Sp. _huracan_, Fr. _ouragan_, German _Orkan_, Eng. _hurricane_. This word is given in the _Livre Sacre des Quiches_ as the name of their highest divinity, but the resemblance may be accidental. Father Ximenes, who translated the _Livre Sacre_, derives the name from the Quiche _hu rakan_, one foot. Father Thomas Coto, in his Cakchiquel Dictionary, (MS. in the library of the Am. Phil. Soc.) translates _diablo_ by _hurakan_, but as the equivalent of the Spanish _huracan_, he gives _ratinchet_. Hyen, a poisonous liquor expressed from the cassava root. (Las Casas, Hist. Apol. cap. 2). Itabo, a lagoon, pond. (Richardo). Juanna, a serpent. (Pet. Martyr, p. 63). Ar. _joanna_, a lizard; _jawanaria_, a serpent. Macana, a war club. (Navarrete, Viages.[TN-9] I, p. 135). Magua, a plain. (Las Casas, Breviss. Relat. p. 7). Mag
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