mappoeroe
Yao (South America)
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Cariban *pɨrôw (“arrow”) with an unknown prefix attached. Compare Kari'na pyrywa, Trió pïrëu, Wayana pïlëu, Macushi pîrîu.
Noun
[edit]mappoeroe
Further reading
[edit]- de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642