Tamoucum
Yao (South America)
editEtymology
editDerived from Proto-Cariban *tamu (“grandfather”). Compare Ye'kwana tamu (“grandfather”), Kari'na tamu (“grandfather”) (plural tamukon), tamusi (“grandfather, God”, as a direct address).
Proper noun
editTamoucum
Further reading
edit- de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642