huoroye
Yao (South America)
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Cariban *rui; compare Apalaí ryxi, rui, Kari'na yryi, yrui, Akawaio rui, Macushi rui, Pemon rui, Ye'kwana dui.
Noun
[edit]huoroye
Usage notes
[edit]Kinship terminology in Cariban languages functions very differently from that in Indo-European languages. For this reason, it is unclear if the recorded meaning of this word ‘brother’ accurately reflects the meaning in the original language.
Further reading
[edit]- de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 643