peeiai
Yao (South America) edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cariban *pɨjati; compare Apalaí pyaxi, Kari'na pyjai, Akurio piyahi, Carijona hiyači, Trió pïjai, Wayana pïjai, Akawaio piyaisan, Pemon piyai, Ye'kwana jüwai, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wayampi paye.
Noun edit
peeiai
Further reading edit
- de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642