hoomotaly

Yao (South America)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Cariban *mota. The -ly ending continues the Proto-Cariban possessed suffix *-rɨ. Compare Kari'na mota, Ye'kwana mota.

Noun

hoomotaly

1. shoulder

Further reading

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