powis
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Surinamese Dutch pauwies, Sranan Tongo powisi. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]powis
- (Guyana) A black curassow (Crax alector).
- 2017 April 23, Joanna Dhanraj, “Wowetta”, in Stabroek News[1]:
- Whenever Domingo and her husband go hunting, they take their dogs, which, she boasted, are experts in catching agouti, labba, deer, turtle and powis.