goenaly

Yao (South America)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ôtjôkuna; compare Kari'na okuna. The -ly ending continues the Proto-Cariban possessed suffix *-rɨ.

Noun

goenaly

1. knee

Further reading

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