boppomery

Yao (South America)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Cariban *pɨmɨ. The -ry ending continues the Proto-Cariban possessed suffix *-rɨ. Compare Ye'kwana jümü.

Noun

boppomery

1. neck

Further reading

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