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The English word hammock probably derives from one of the Arawakan languages and originally meant a fishing net. The Yukuna word is hamaca and the Taino word is amaca.

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1555, from Spanish 'hamaca', from Arawackan(Haiti) 'yukuna hamaca' possibly meaning "fish nets"

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