weibeyuwa

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Garifuna

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Etymology

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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

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weibeyuwa

  1. shark

References

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  • Breton, Raymond (1665) Dictionaire caraïbe-français (in French), Éditions Karthala, published 1999, →ISBN, page 197.