Tamoucum

Yao (South America)

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Cariban *tamu (“grandfather”). Compare Ye'kwana tamu (“grandfather”), Kari'na tamu (“grandfather”) (plural tamukon), tamusi (“grandfather, God”, as a direct address).

Proper noun

Tamoucum

1. a god said to dwell in the upper regions of the air and rule the world below

Further reading

• de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642