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ouamonu

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Yao (South America)

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Etymology

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Cognate to Ye'kwana waamonö, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *amo (to weep for); compare Kari'na amo.

Verb

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ouamonu

  1. to cry, to weep

Further reading

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  • de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 643