vniguené
Yao (South America)
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Cariban *wônɨkɨ (“to sleep”). Compare Kari'na (w)ònyky, Ye'kwana ünükü. The final -né may be an intransitive-infinitive-forming suffix; compare Ye'kwana -nö.
Verb
[edit]vniguené
- to sleep
Further reading
[edit]- de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 643