Yao (South America)

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cariban *ôterɨwawô. Compare Akawaio osorowa, Ye'kwana aduwaawö, Kari'na óruwa.

Numeral

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terrewaw

  1. three

Further reading

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  • de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642