fayi

Amis

Noun

fayi

1. aunt

References

• “Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎^[1] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

Dama (Sierra Leone)

Etymology

The second morpheme may be yi (“water”).

Noun

fayi

1. rocky stream

References

• Dalby, T. D. P. (1963) “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54