weibeyuwa
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Garifuna
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Kalinago oibáyaoüa (“shark”) (attested as such in Fray Breton’s 1665 Carib-French Dictionary), itself borrowed from a Cariban language, most likely Kari'na aipajawa (“shark”).
Noun
[edit]weibeyuwa
References
[edit]- Breton, Raymond (1665) Dictionaire caraïbe-français (in French), Éditions Karthala, published 1999, →ISBN, page 197.